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Detoxas body cleansing detox machine — electric shock risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskElectric shockJun 28, 2013
Photo from the official notice: Detoxas body cleansing detox machine — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Detoxas body cleansing detox machine — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Detoxas body cleansing detox machine — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Detoxas body cleansing detox machine — electric shock risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The product does not have any protection against electric current and/or voltage surges. As a result, if there is too much salt in the water in footbath, the user can receive a fatal electric shock.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant European standard EN 60065.

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Other (16/04/2013)

Product description

The device is packaged in a cardboard box.The person immerses their bare feet in the footbath with water and salt. An immersed electrode provides an electric current

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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