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Product Recalls the Sgs Publication Gathering Consumer Product Recalls in the Eu, in the Usa and in Australia PRODUCT RECALLS THE SGS PUBLICATION GATHERING CONSUMER PRODUCT RECALLS IN THE EU, IN THE USA AND IN AUSTRALIA CONSUMER TESTING SERVICES (CTS) 01– 15 JULY 2011 CONTENTS ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS Pages 2 to 13 Electrical Appliances (15) Lighting Equipments (4) Cord Sets, Plugs & Sockets (2) HARDLINES Pages 14 to 43 Toys (17) Juvenile Items (2) Children articles (2) - See ‘Personal & Home Care Items’ Children articles (1) - See ‘Sports & Leisure Goods’ Children articles (5) - See ‘SOFTLINES’ Home Furnishing & Houseware (13) Home Improvement & DIY (5) Personal & Home Care Items (14) Sport & Leisure Goods (5) PPE (2) SOFTLINES Pages 44 to 50 Wearing Apparels (9) Home Textiles (0) Footwear, Bags and Accessories (4) E&E: ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES NOTIFYING PRODUCT DANGER MEASURES COUNTRY ADOPTED EU/MALTA CATEGORY: Electrical appliances FIRE Voluntary recall PRODUCT The product poses a risk of fire from consumers. Hairdryer "Salon Essential Hairdryer" and "Salon Dry because in rare cases it can Travel Hairdryer" overheat when left plugged into the mains electrical supply, BRAND: Philips even when the appliance is TYPE/NUMBER OF MODEL switched off and not in use. models HP4931 & HP4940. Produced between June The product does not comply 2006 and April 2011. with the Low Voltage Directive DESCRIPTION: Foldable hairdryer. (LVD). COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China EU/SPAIN CATEGORY: Electrical appliances FIRE Voluntary recall PRODUCT The product poses a risk of fire from consumers. Power Inverter "Soladin 600, Soladin Wind 500 and as a component in the inverter Windmaster 500" may fail. BRAND: Mastervolt The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive TYPE/NUMBER OF MODEL (LVD). Models: Soladin 600, Soladin Wind 500 and Windmaster 500, manufactured between May 2006 and September 2008. DESCRIPTION Power inverter used as part of solar and wind power systems. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China Page 2 < BACK TO CONTENTS E&E: ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES NOTIFYING PRODUCT DANGER MEASURES COUNTRY ADOPTED EU/UNITED CATEGORY: Electrical appliances ELECTRIC SHOCK Voluntary recall KINGDOM PRODUCT The product poses a risk of from consumers. Lawn trimmer "Contour Cordless XT and Contour electric shock because the rear Cordless 500XT" cover of the charger supplied with the lawn trimmer can be BRAND: Flymo detached exposing internal live TYPE/NUMBER OF MODEL: parts. Contour Cordless XT: 9666768-01/ 9666768-27 The product does not comply Cordless 500XT: 9666769-01 with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD). DESCRIPTION Cordless garden lawn trimmer supplied with charger. The recall concerns only the charger. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China Page 3 < BACK TO CONTENTS E&E: ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES NOTIFYING PRODUCT DANGER MEASURES COUNTRY ADOPTED EU/FINLAND CATEGORY: Electrical appliances and equipment ELECTRIC SHOCK Recall from PRODUCT: Travel adaptor and charger The product poses a risk of consumers ordered by the BRAND: Opal electric shock because it is possible to insert only one pin authorities. TYPE/NUMBER OF MODEL of a plug into the socket-outlet Type: 190111 part of the adaptor. As a Bar Code: 6 413821 901113 consequence, the user can easily get a fatal electric shock DESCRIPTION from the accessible pin of the Mains plug travel adaptor and USB charger. plug. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant European standard EN 60884. EU/FINLAND CATEGORY: Electrical appliances and equipment ELECTRIC SHOCK Recall from PRODUCT: Power inverter "Car Power Inverter" The product poses a risk of consumers electric shock because the ordered by the BRAND: T´nB isolation between accessible authorities. TYPE/NUMBER OF MODEL: metal parts and hazardous Type: PINB150U secondary voltage does not Bar Code: 3 303170 042250 fulfil the requirements for creepage distances of DESCRIPTION supplementary or reinforced Power inverter for use in a car (12DCV to insulation. Due to this defect, 230ACV/5DCV). the user can get a fatal electric COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Taiwan shock from the accessible metal parts in a case of a fault in the product. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant European standard EN 60950. Page 4 < BACK TO CONTENTS E&E: ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES NOTIFYING PRODUCT DANGER MEASURES COUNTRY ADOPTED EU/MALTA CATEGORY: Electrical appliances BURNS AND ELECTRIC Voluntary PRODUCT: Electric insect killer "Mosquito Killer" SHOCK withdrawal from the market. BRAND: SuPer Wide The product poses a risk of burns and electric shock TYPE/NUMBER OF MODEL: KT-302 because: DESCRIPTION - when disconnected from the Mosquito killer in the shape of a penguin. Uses UV power supply, the capacitor in tube to attract mosquitos; a fan is used to drag the the appliance remains charged mosquitos to an electrically charged grid. - the front protection grid can COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Unknown be easily removed exposing the charged grid. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant European standard EN 60335. EU/MALTA CATEGORY: Electrical appliances BURNS AND ELECTRIC Voluntary PRODUCT SHOCK withdrawal from the market. Electric insect killer "Electron Go Out Mosquito" The product poses a risk of burns and electric shock BRAND: OPK because: TYPE/NUMBER OF MODEL: Unknown - the plastic grid is not DESCRIPTION sufficiently rigid to prevent Wall mounted, mosquito killer which plugs directly touching the charged grid; into a wall socket. - the plastic grid can be COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China removed easily without the use of a tool; - when the power supply is disconnected, the capacitor in the appliance remains charged. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant European standard EN 60335. Page 5 < BACK TO CONTENTS E&E: ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES NOTIFYING PRODUCT DANGER MEASURES COUNTRY ADOPTED EU/GERMANY CATEGORY: Machinery INJURIES Public warning PRODUCT: Compressors issued by the The products pose a serious authorities. BRAND: Regen-Tec risk of injuries because they TYPE/NUMBER OF MODEL: can explode. a) Airprofi 1.8 For a) to e): cause: defective b) Airprofi 2 welds, for b), c) and e): c) Profi-Airtec 128-8-1.1 additional cause: use of d) Profi-Airtec 210-8-1.8 unkilled steel. e) Profi-Airtec 380-8-2.5 The products do not comply DESCRIPTION: with the Directive 2009/105/EC a) Airprofi 1.8: Mobile compressor with reclined on simple pressure vessels, vessel V= ca. 30 l , p= 8 bar, delivery rate = 120 l/ the Machinery Directive min; 2006/42/EC, the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 2006/95/EC and b) Airprofi 2: Mobile compressor with upright vessel the Directive 2004/108/EC on V=50 l , p=8 bar, delivery rate = 120 l/min; electromagnetic compatibility c) Profi-Airtec 128-8-1.1: Mobile compressor with (EMC) and the European reclined vessel V= 24 l , p= 8 bar, delivery rate = 128 standard EN 286-1. l/min; d) Profi-Airtec 210-8-1.8: Mobile compressor with reclined vessel V= ca.30 l , p= 8 bar, delivery rate= 210 l/min; e) Profi-Airtec 380-8-2.5: Mobile compressor with reclined vessel V= 50 l , p= 8 bar, delivery rate = 380 l/min COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China Page 6 < BACK TO CONTENTS E&E: ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES NOTIFYING PRODUCT DANGER MEASURES COUNTRY ADOPTED EU/FINLAND CATEGORY: Electrical appliances and equipment ELECTRIC SHOCK Withdrawal from PRODUCT: Photo frame with AC Adapter The product poses a risk of the market and recall from BRAND: Denver electric shock because clearance/creepage distances consumers TYPE/NUMBER OF MODEL: in the mains transformer ordered by the Type (of the power supply): YDT-R0501000EU between primary and authorities. Type (of the whole product): DPF-741 and DPF-742 secondary windings are less than 4 mm / 5 mm. Due to this Bar Code (of the whole product): 5 706751 013676 5 defect, user can easily get fatal 706751 013683 electric shock from the DESCRIPTION: Power supply for photo frame. accessible metal parts. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant European standard EN 60950. EU/FINLAND CATEGORY: Electrical appliances and equipment ELECTRIC SHOCK Withdrawal from PRODUCT: Inverter The product poses a risk of the market and recall from BRAND: E-ast electric shock from the accessible metal parts consumers TYPE/NUMBER OF MODEL: because: ordered by the authorities. Type: 150 Watt - isolation between input (SELV Bar Code: 2 001336 900000 circuit) and hazardous DESCRIPTION: Inverter 12VDC -> 230VAC. secondary voltage is not sufficient, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China - the socket-outlet of the product does not fulfil requirements for access to energized parts. There is a possibility of contact with the energized pin of the plug, when plug-in/out. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant European standards EN 60950 and EN 60884. Page 7 < BACK TO CONTENTS E&E: ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES NOTIFYING PRODUCT DANGER MEASURES COUNTRY ADOPTED AUSTRALIA LG Electronics Australia Pty Ltd—Side by Side HAZARDS Consumers with Refrigerators If the micro-switch were to fail, affected models PRODUCT DESCRIPTION it may result in the ice maker are requested to malfunctioning and in the contact the LG LG Side by Side Refrigerators manufactured customer between 2002 to 2006 worst case scenario result in a fire hazard. information line on IDENTIFYING FEATURES 1800 506 154 DEFECTS LG Side by Side Refrigerators manufactured (9am to 5pm between 2002 to 2006 with model/serial numbers The micro-switch in the ice Monday to Friday specified in the attached document (Model and Serial maker of identified models EST) to arrange for Numbers List). could deteriorate. a service technician to TRADERS WHO SOLD THIS PRODUCT replace the micro Retailers nationally switch. Supplier Prior to calling, LG Electronics Australia Pty Ltd consumers are SUPPLIER'S WEB SITE asked to record http://www.lg.com/au/legal/refrigerator-recall/ their model and index.jsp serial number to provide to LG’s Customer Information line.
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