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Multiple Buoyancy Aid and Life Jacket Recalls

  • Product Recall

Paddle UK has been made aware of three product recalls for buoyancy aids and life jackets sold via various online marketplaces presenting a serious risk of drowning.

The products do not meet the requirements of the PPE Regulation 2016/425.

Omouboi Floatage Life Jacket

eBay Item Number: 255423718873

Full product recall report linked here

Child Swimming Watersport Floating Vest Buoyancy Aid

eBay Item Number: 314122326949

Full product recall report linked here

Sakinno Water Sports Life Jacket

Fruugo Item Number: 92042188-192850513

Full product recall report linked here

Manner Kids Swim Vest

Fruugo Item Number: p-85845246-178900563

Full product recall report linked here

NBY Blue and Black Life Jacket

Fruugo Item Number: Not Provided

Full product recall report linked here

Summer Newao Neoprene Kids Swim Vest

Fruugo Item Number: p-95951224-201527066

Full product recall report linked here

The products were 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 for the children's life jacket.
Additionally, the Sakino, Manner and NBY products were advertised as life jackets, but once purchased was identified as a buoyancy aid (which does not provide the same level of protection).

Corrective Action

  1. OPSS has required that all products are recalled from end users.
  2. All listings have been removed by the online marketplaces.

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