Hair straightener
HUMAN
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Greece
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
This product poses a serious risk of burns and fire because deviations from the applicable standard can cause overheating of: - the plastic area above the heating elements that can be easily touched by the user (91,6 °C while limit is 81,4 °C); - the buttons for the change of the elements (105,9 °C measured while limit is 81,6 °C). One incident has been reported. This product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
Measures taken
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the importer. Press release has been issued. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- White straightening iron with pink edges intended for hair treatment. The product is packed in red-white cardboard box, with the picture of product and the indication “Professional Hair Straightener” on it. Technical characteristics: 220-230V AC, 35W.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0618/07 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2007-25
- Published
- 28 June 2007
- Corrigendum
- Corrigenda 1- On the base of additional data provided by the Italian authority, information about the models of products covered by notification 0179/07 has been modified. Notification 0179/07 of week 8 concerns the models INDESIT: WIL86, WIL66, WIL62, WIL146, WIL105, WIL126, WIE107 and WIE87, and ARISTON: AVL105, AVL89, AVL109. 2- Notification 0512/07 of week 22 concerning an oval shaped Marinex Celebrity 3,2 lt. baking dish has been withdrawn because the product complies with the requirements of the European standard EN 13834.
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