Britons have been informed that a product sold on eBay is unsafe to use.
Certain procedures have been followed to ensure that customers can no longer get their hands on the dangerous item. The listing has now been removed by the online marketplace.
Those who have purchased and received the products prior to this safety warning have been urged to stop using them immediately.
The affected item is a water immersion heater sold via eBay.
The affected item is a water immersion heater sold via eBay
The Office for Product Safety and Standards
eBay Item Number: 186341790238
Product packaging identifiers: ZL201520861011.9, A-103 GB4706.77-2008, GB4706.1-2005, 0668-3961177, 0668-3961188, AC220v.
Country of Origin: Unknown
Product Description: An orange portable immersion heater with a metal element guard, fitted with an orange power lead and an orange moulded 3-pin plug.
Anyone who purchased the product should contact the distributor they purchased it from to request redress.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards warned: “The product presents a serious risk of electric shock as a consumer can easily access live parts.
“If the equipment as supplied is connected to the mains power supply, the exposed gaps to the live parts are visible. If a consumer inserts something conductive into the live parts they could be electrocuted.
“The product also presents a risk of fire and explosion as the supplied travel adaptor is marked as being fitted with a 13A fuse.
Britons have been informed that a product sold on eBay is unsafe to use
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“Testing revealed that the adaptor and the 3-pin plug fitted to the equipment has no fuse to protect the equipment cable.”
The product subsequently failed to meet the requirements of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016.
Product recalls should be treated seriously so customers are safe. Earlier on Tuesday, SPAR issued a recall for several of its chicken products after Listeria monocytogenes was discovered in them.
The affected items include SPAR Enjoy Local Cooked Chicken Pieces, Cooked Chicken Slices and Cooked Chicken Fillets.