Product Safety Report: Ten Tatent Hair Curlers sold via Amazon (2401-0048)

Product Safety Report for Ten Tatent Hair Curlers presenting a serious risk of electric shock.

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Published: 7 May 2024

• Alert type: Product safety report
• Risk level: Serious
• Product category: Electrical appliances and equipment
• Measure type: Destruction of the product, Import rejected at border, Removal of the listing by the online marketplace
• Recall/alert date: 7 May 2024

Summary

Product: Ten Tatent Hair Curlers sold via Amazon

Hazard: The product presents a serious risk of electric shock as it is inadequately earthed.

Corrective action: The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed. The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (Amazon).

Product information

Type	Electrical appliances and equipment - Hair Curlers
Amazon product identifiers	X001AP4OBD, FBA15HCY60SCU000047
Country of Origin	China
Product Description	Set of electric pink heat hair curlers.
Product Report and Image	Link to product image and PDF

Hazard

The product presents a serious risk of electric shock as it is inadequately earthed, and does not notify the consumer of this. If the single insulation within the product were to break down during normal use, this would cause the metal parts accessible to the user to become live and give the consumer an electric shock.

The product does not meet the requirements of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016.

Corrective action

The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.

The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (Amazon).

Additional information

PSD number: 2401-0048

Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards

Published 7 May 2024