AUSTRALIAN RECALL ROUND-UP22–28 June 2020.
5 product recalls were published during this week. Review the summaries below, then follow the official source before taking action.
Novelty toysThe product does not meet the requirements of the mandatory standard 'Consumer Protection Notice No. 14 of 2003 - Consumer Product Safety Standard: Toys for children up to and including 36 months of age'. The AA batteries and small components can dislodge or break off.
Pharmacy and medical productsThe chair is labelled with a maximum user weight of 200kg. Testing has shown that at a weight of around 110kg, there was a potential for weld failure in the base assembly and if occupied, the chair could collapse. The chair's maximum user weight is 110kg.
Building and construction toysThe products contains small, high-powered magnets. The products exceeds the maximum allowable magnetic flux index set by the permanent ban on certain small, high powered magnets, prescribed in Consumer Protection Notice No 5 of 2012 'Imposition of permanent ban on small, high powered magnets'.
Indoor furniture and furnishingsThe product does not comply with the 'Consumer Goods (Bean Bags) Safety Standard 2014. Consumer Protection Notice No. 4 of 2014 as amended'. The product does not have the correct warning label attached and a paper clip was supplied with the product.
Indoor furniture and furnishingsThe product does not comply with the 'Consumer Protection Notice No. 4 of 2014 as amended - Consumer Goods (Bean Bags) Safety Standard 2014'. The bean bag liner does not have a child-resistant slide fastener or the required warning labels.