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

Product
5-in-1 Multi-Functional Hair Dryer

Type
Electrical appliances and equipment - Hair dryer

Country of origin
China

Product description
A hairdryer with multiple attachments with different functions. The product also includes an attached wall plug.

SKU
67000037

Product carton identifiers
Q7-5in1-Whitegold, 6700037 Q7-5in1-Rosered, 67000036

Hazard
The product presents a high risk of fire as the plug does not have the facility for a fuse, which means it has no protection under fault conditions. If the circuit was to overload or short, the plug could explode from the wall and catch fire. The earth pin has been fitted with a sleeve which could prevent the good earth contact, and testing found that the lengths of the live, neutral and earth pins were too short which could lead to arcing and presents a risk of fire.

The product does not meet the requirements of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 or the Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994.

Corrective action
The import has been rejected at the border.

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