Gov product safety and recalls

[Kram]

I found this page listing recent product recalls, quite interesting. Some of the reasoning is sensible while others a joke and appears highly variable. A lot of the comments say "Rejected at border and destroyed", I take that to mean, whole container loads of products.

Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls

Find product safety alerts, unsafe products and recalls

www.gov.uk

In the "Machinery" section theres a lot of cordless tools, many of the issues appear to be due to the charger - no fuse etc.. or euro plugs being compared to the british standard. No excuse for hot having a proper fuse.
I may have to open up one of my Fakita chargers to check it.

Some however are laughable, "wires soldered directly to the pcb or component tags" Yes that is generally how connections are made, and perfectly acceptable. If they meant wires should be secured from vibration, thats a very different issue.

A mini pruning chainsaw -
"The product presents a high risk of injuries as the blade cover is not properly secured. The cover could become detached during handling and transportation of the product, causing the user to be exposed to the blade."
Well perhaps my Echo 2511 should be recalled as that bar cover never stays in place when Im walking to car!

Mini pruner, it appears they want a secondary handle.

Product Safety Report: NACATIN Mini Chainsaw sold via Amazon (2404-0192)

Product Safety Report for NACATIN Mini Chainsaw presenting a serious risk of injuries.

www.gov.uk

The Stihl and Makita versions dont have a secondary but product pictures show users with hand over the motor. You can do that with these imports.. Einhell dont have any extra handle on theirs.

Some of the items listed, I have seen disapear from Amazon and now I know why...

 

[Jack_K]

It's always interesting to see recall lists and why they are recalled.

Here's one from that page which is interesting as it's taken so long to be discovered. I wonder how they finally realised.

Product Recall: TRAXXAS Radio-Controlled Vehicles (2407-0125)

Product Recall for TRAXXAS Radio-Controlled Vehicles presenting a risk to health.

www.gov.uk

 

[dobbslc]

WTF is going on there then?
That's nuts!

 

[Agroshield]

Some of the reasoning is sensible while others a joke and appears highly variable.

You need to consider the audience the page is written for. It is a summary page for "concerned from Godalming" that they can read after writing to the Maily Express and feel happy that the Guberment is doing something.

There will be a more extensive report behind each of those one-line summaries detailing the product standards against which the item has been assessed and specific paragraph numbers for which the item does not comply.

Dry as ditchwater for non-technical readers, but necessary to placate m'learned friends. Put yourself in the position of the importer whose container has just been upended into the water at Tilbury Docks. Unless you have slightly more robust reasoning than is written above, you will be suing HMRC. That reasoning exists, just not on that particular web page.