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

Product
Automatic Inflatable Life Jacket Vest (sold via AliExpress)

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

Country of origin
China

Product description
A blue vest style inflatable life jacket with yellow internal fabric, black plastic buckle and a single back strap. Supplied with orange whistle attached via a white cord to the edge of inflatable chamber seam.

AliExpress ID
3256803887308926

Listing name
Shaoxing Shangyu Sifuwei Fire Equipment Co Ltd 2022 New Automatic Inflatable Life Jacket Adult Reflect Boats and Equipment Fishing Surfing Lifeguard Vest

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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