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

Product
Children's Orange and Blue Life Jacket (sold via eBay)

Type
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Buoyancy Aid

Country of origin
China

Product description
Orange and blue colour vest style buoyancy aid.

eBay item number
385176832487

Listing name
Outdoor Swimming Boating Sailing Vest Survival Suit Life Jacket for Kid Children- Saved

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. There is also no minimum or maximum user's mass stated.

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 the withdrawal of the product from the market.

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

Full notice

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