Hair straightener

Professional Hair Straightener

Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shock

Country of origin: People's Republic of China
Notifying country: UK
Counterfeit: No
Sold online: Yes

Open the alert on the European Commission website ↗

What is the danger

The dimensions of the plug are too small and may allow access to live parts of the plug when the product is plugged in. A user could touch or insert an object touching live parts and be electrocuted.

Requirements breached

The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive.

Measures taken

Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 31 December 2020
Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other

Product

Description: Black hair straightener. The product was also sold online, in particular via Wish.
Packaging: Black and yellow cardboard box.

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number: A12/00043/21 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2021-2
Published: 13 January 2021
Modified: 13 January 2021
Corrigendum: The alerts published on this weekly report notified by the United Kingdom were submitted in 2020, although the referece number indicates 2021.