Babies' swim vest
Heatons · Unknown
Protective equipmentDrowning
- Country of origin
- Hong Kong
- Notifying country
- Ireland
- Counterfeit
- No
Requirements breached
The product poses a risk of drowning, because it does not keep children afloat. Two incidents reported. Moreover, it contains inadequate warnings in the instructions for users. The product does not comply with the Directive 89/686/EEC for personal protective equipment and the relevant European standard EN 13138-1.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 20 June 2013
Product
- Description
- Yellow swim vest for babies.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0797/13 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2013-026
- Published
- 27 June 2013
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/74850
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