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Swimbubs Float Jacket Buoyancy Aid — drowning risk

UK OPSSHigh riskDrowningNov 10, 2023
Photo from the official notice: Swimbubs Float Jacket Buoyancy Aid — drowning risk

Photos from the official notice: UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (GOV.UK) · image rights

Hazard

The products are classed as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The products were not supplied with the required compliance documentation, user instructions or markings to demonstrate that they had 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 to protect them from harm in the water. The products do not meet the requirements of The Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 and Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on personal protective equipment.

Remedy

The product has been recalled from end users. For further information, or to fill out recall form, please access the SwimBubs recall site here: https://swimbubs.com/pages/product-recall

Product recall

Measures taken

  • Recall of product from end users

Product description

Children’s life jackets with a pink dolphin or blue whale design.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and follow the corrective action above: contact the retailer or supplier for a repair, replacement or refund. This notice was published by the UK Office for Product Safety and Standards.

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