EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Kitchen/cooking accessories
Pressure cooker Arthur Martin “Clic Clac Set Autocuiseur poignées rabattable” — risk: burns, injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1457/18
Summary
It is possible to open the lid of the pressure cooker while it is under pressure and the pressure cooker can become deformed. User could suffer burns from the steam, or, liquid can leak from it and extinguish the flame of the hot plate. As a consequence natural gas could be released.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Pressure Equipment Directive and the relevant European standard EN12778.
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Product
Pressure cooker — Arthur Martin
- Brand
- Arthur Martin
- Name / model
- Clic Clac Set Autocuiseur poignées rabattable · AM2240 4 litresAM2240 7 litres
- Batch number(s)
- 3508510022552
- Category
- Kitchen/cooking accessories
- 4- and 7-litre pressure cookers for domestic use sold as a set. The same lid is used for both bodies.
What is the risk?
- It is possible to open the lid of the pressure cooker while it is under pressure and the pressure cooker can become deformed. User could suffer burns from the steam, or, liquid can leak from it and extinguish the flame of the hot plate. As a consequence natural gas could be released.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Pressure Equipment Directive and the relevant European standard EN12778.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 24/08/2018
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