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Chick-a-Dee smoke detector — suffocation & fire risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskSuffocationFireJun 14, 2013
Photo from the official notice: Chick-a-Dee smoke detector — suffocation & fire risk
Photo from the official notice: Chick-a-Dee smoke detector — suffocation & fire risk
Photo from the official notice: Chick-a-Dee smoke detector — suffocation & fire risk

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

Hazard

The product is not sufficiently sensitive to smoke and the alarm volume is not sufficiently high. The failure to detect commonly occurring types of fire does not permit the user and others around them to take the measures necessary to avoid the risk of fire.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other (18/02/2013)
  • Recall of the product from end users — Other (02/05/2013)

Product description

Optical smoke detector in the form of a bird, including batteries. Manufacturing date: 04/09/2011, black and white colour. The product is also available in white, pink and light blue.

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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