Buoyancy aid – Garvee “Buoyancy Aid”
Serious risk Drowning
- Product
- Buoyancy aid
- Brand
- Garvee
- Brand as notified
- GARVEE
- Name
- Buoyancy Aid
- Type / model
- AGJ003
- Batch
- 26030976
- Description
- Buoyancy aid with adjustable belt as well as attached whistle. It is identified as a “life jacket” on the box but as a “buoyancy aid” on the product.
- Risk
- The product is marketed and packaged as a “life jacket”, despite being identified within the product documentation and markings as a 50N buoyancy aid. A buoyancy aid does not provide the same level of protection as a life jacket and requires active participation from the wearer to remain afloat, whereas a life jacket is designed to provide face-up flotation without user intervention. The misleading description may cause consumers to overestimate the level of protection offered and use the product in circumstances for which it is not suitable, increasing the risk of drowning. The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Regulation (PPE).
- Measures
- Import rejected at border · ordered on the importer
- Destruction of the product · ordered on the importer
- Notifying country
- United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Alert type
- Consumer
- Photos
- Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.
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