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

Product
Tear-resistant Fabric 1-Size Life Jacket (sold via Etsy)

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

Country of origin
Unknown

Product description
Yellow and grey cover colour. Vest style buoyancy aid with centre front KAM zip (grey) with multiple adjustment hardware (front black plastic webbing adjusters with 25 mm grey webbing, four black plastic webbing side adjusters with 38 mm grey webbing, twin black plastic webbing shoulder adjusters with 38 mm grey webbing). Two large front zipped pockets and back mesh pouch.

Etsy ID
1275651862

Listing name
Life Jacket Kayak Canoe Rafting Snorkeling Swimming Tear-resistant Fabric 1-Size

Hazard
The product has been assessed as presenting a serious risk of drowning. The product 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 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
We recommend owners stop using this product immediately. Contact the distributor you purchased from to request redress.

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

Full notice

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