OPSS High Electrical appliances equipment
Product Safety Report: Steam Cleaner (2507-0059)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS):
Reason for the recall
- The product presents a high risk of fire as it is missing a thermal fuse and therefore has no overtemperature protection.
Reasonsee the original notice
Brandnot stated
Batch number(s)not stated
Barcodenot stated
Product
Steam Cleaner
- Name / model
- TC-SC-002
- Category
- Electrical appliances equipment
- Country of origin
- China
- Type of recall
- Product safety report
- Summary
- Product: Steam Cleaner
- Hazard: The product presents a high risk of fire as it is missing a thermal fuse and therefore has no overtemperature protection.
- Corrective action: The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – Steam cleaner
- Model
- TC-SC-002
- Product identifiers
- M010000000006461366, SS500012000529185161.
- Country of Origin
- China
- Product Description
- A black and white steam cleaner with black 3-pin plug.
- Product Report and Image
- Link to product image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product presents a high risk of fire as it is missing a thermal fuse and therefore has no overtemperature protection. This may result in the product overheating and catching fire. In addition, the plug supplied does not have a valid BSI Kitemark licence number and is deemed to be counterfeit. Some documentation and markings were not present.
- The product does not meet the requirements of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 or the Plugs & Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994.
- Corrective action
- The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.
- Additional information
- PSD notification number: 2507-0059
- Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
What to do
- The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – Steam cleaner
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
Source: Office for Product Safety and Standards, GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. EU Safety Radar is an independent information service; the text above presents the official data in the original language — the notice published by the authority is authoritative.
Open the original notice (www.gov.uk) ↗ Official document (PDF) ↗