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

Product
Manual Inflatable Life Jacket (sold via AliExpress)

Type
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Life Jacket / buoyancy aid

Country of origin
China

Product description
A black life jacket with yellow internal fabric, black plastic buckle closure and double back strap. Orange whistle supplied attached via a white cord.

AliExpress ID
2255800602456528

Listing name
Shenzhen Chen Ting Technology Co Ltd Manual Inflatable Life Jacket Adult Life Vest Water Sports Swimming Fishing Survival Jacket Water Sports

Hazard
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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