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The following notice has been issued by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.

Product
Camouflage Adult Buoyancy Vest (sold via AliExpress)

Type
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Life Jacket / Buoyancy Aid

Country of origin
China

Product description
A camouflage vest style buoyancy aid with centre zipper closure, an orange fabric belt and two grey reflective rectangles on each shoulder.

Model number
CT-1000

AliExpress ID
32831992895

Listing name
Adult life jacket professional fishing camouflage clothing swimming rafting surfing for flood control clothes vest thick

Hazard
The product has been assessed as presenting a serious risk of drowning as it was advertised as a life jacket, but once purchased was identified as a buoyancy aid (which does not provide the same level of protection). The product does not meet the level of buoyancy claimed by the manufacturer and there is no minimum and maximum user's mass stated.

The product was not supplied with the required compliance documentation or markings to demonstrate that they have 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 as a buoyancy aid. The product does not meet the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on Personal Protective Equipment or the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018.

Corrective action
OPSS has required that the products are recalled from end users.

The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (AliExpress).

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