EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Kitchen/cooking accessories
Electric lunch box Superlex “Electric Heated Lunch Box” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/00922/26
Summary
The fuse within the plug has insufficient granular filler. The filler is required to ensure the safe operation of the fuse under fault conditions, and its absence could lead to the plug overheating and/or exploding. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive
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Product
Electric lunch box — Superlex
- Brand
- Superlex
- Name / model
- Electric Heated Lunch Box · KCA0102UK
- Category
- Kitchen/cooking accessories
- An electric heated lunch box with power supplies for a car, supplied withwall plug.
What is the risk?
- The fuse within the plug has insufficient granular filler. The filler is required to ensure the safe operation of the fuse under fault conditions, and its absence could lead to the plug overheating and/or exploding. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ImporterCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: 07/01/2026
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ImporterCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at border
- Date of entry into force: 09/12/2025
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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