The following notice has been issued by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
Product
Child Swimming Watersport Floating Vest Buoyancy Aid (sold via eBay)
Type
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Life Jacket
Country of origin
China
Product description
Vest style buoyancy / swim aid with bright blue cover with children's patterns printed on outer cover.
eBay item number
314122326949
eBay listing name
Kids Baby Life Jackets Child Swimming Watersport Floating Vest Buoyancy Aid
Hazard
The product was not supplied with the required compliance documentation or markings to demonstrate that they have been adequately conformity assessed. Mandatory third-party conformity assessment by a body authorised for PPE is required by the relevant Regulations for those products which protect against more serious risks, the absence of such independent assessment for such a product may increase the risk to the consumer that the product may not perform as expected when relied upon as a buoyancy aid.
The product does not meet the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on Personal Protective Equipment or the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018.
Corrective action
The product has been withdrawn from the market.
The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (eBay).
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