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Inflatable armbands – Bestway “Splash and play”

Other risk levels Drowning

Published by Safety Gate 12 Aug 2016In the weekly report of 19 Aug 2016 (week 33, 2016)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 4 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Inflatable armbands
Brand
Bestway (20 alerts)
Name
Splash and play
Type / model
item number 32042
Batch
Batch number BWSHE22403S 2014-11-20
Description
Swimming armbands decorated with pictures of dolphins, sold in plastic packaging.
Risk
null The strength of the seams is not sufficient and a chamber may start to leak after prolonged or repeated use. The deflation of the chamber may affect buoyancy, as well as the size of the product. Consequently, the product might not stay on the child's upper arms, posing a risk of drowning.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and the relevant European standard EN 13138.
Measures
  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · from 7 Jun 2016
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the distributor
Notifying country
Finland
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A11/0073/16Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A11/0073/16Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert A11/0073/16Photo 4 of the product in Safety Gate alert A11/0073/16
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A11/0073/16
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2016-033 (XML)
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