Safety Bulletin 7: Safety concern over imported liferafts containing medical kits
Alerts industry to specific issues. Normally time sensitive and action may be required.
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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) are jointly issuing a warning that imported liferafts may contain unlicensed imported medicines, as well as medical devices that do not carry a CE Mark.
Suppliers of inflatable liferafts in the UK are asked to check the origin of their liferafts immediately to establish if any of the contents of the medical kit inside is compliant with UK medicines legislation.
This bulletin is applicable to suppliers of liferafts intended for commercial and pleasure vessels and requests that suppliers of imported rafts open at least one raft from each non-UK supplier to ensure it does not contain non-compliant medicines.