Recall archive/Weekly round-ups/28 October 2013 – 3 November 2013
AUSTRALIAN RECALL ROUND-UP

28 October 2013 – 3 November 2013.

9 product recalls were published during this week. Review the summaries below, then follow the official source before taking action.

Blinds, curtains and window fittings

Windowland Bamboo Roll Up Blinds

The blinds do not have complete warning labels and instructions as required by the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard—Corded Internal Window Coverings) Regulations 2010.

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Heating and cooling products

Lumina Electric Blanket

The cord between the controller and the blanket may become fatigued, resulting in a potential short circuit or arcing.

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Bath toys

Spongebob Square Pants Yo-Yo Balls

These types of products are banned under Consumer Protection Notice 20 of 2011 because the cord provides a yo-yo effect and can stretch to over the safe limit of 500mm in length.

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Bath toys

Beach Time Bike, Buggy & Boat Toy Set

The toys may not comply with the mandatory standard for toys for children up to and including 36 months of age, AS/NZS 8124.1:2002 (as amended by the regulation) because they may produce small parts when dropped.

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Bicycles and scooters (push)

FOX 2013 Evolution Series Bicycle Fork

The damper units in some of these forks may not adequately vent oil that flows in during normal operation. Internal damper pressure can overcome the seal head retaining ring and cause the damper to break. A broken damper will decrease certain performance characteristics of the fork, and in some cases the undamped air spring might break and allow the lower unit of the fork to separate from the bicycle.

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Tobacco, cigarette and lighter products

Pall Mall and Dunhill Cigarettes

One of the seven Set B Graphic Health Warnings (the "Smoking Causes Heart Disease" GHW) features the previously mandated image, not the current one, which was replaced by the Competition and Consumer (Tobacco) Amendment Information Standard 2012.

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