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Life Jacket Product Recalls

April 9, 2024

We have been made aware of multiple product recalls for buoyancy aids and life jackets sold via the online marketplaces AliExpress and Wish, presenting a serious risk of drowning. The products listed below do not meet the requirements of the PPE Regulation 2016/425.

Camouflage Adult Buoyancy Vest

Product ID: 32831992895 (AliExpress)
Hazard Information: The product was advertised as a life jacket, but once purchased was identified as a buoyancy aid (which does not provide the same level of protection). The product was not supplied with the required compliance documentation or markings to demonstrate that they have been adequately conformity assessed.

Mandatory third-party conformity assessment by a body authorised for PPE is required by the relevant Regulations for those products which protect against more serious risks, the absence of such independent assessment for such a product may increase the risk to the consumer that the product may not perform as expected when relied upon as a buoyancy aid.

Full product recall report linked here


WENTSEN Adult Buoyancy Vest

Product ID: 3256804463920394 (AliExpress)
Hazard Information: The product was not supplied with the required compliance documentation or markings to demonstrate that they have been adequately conformity assessed. Mandatory third-party conformity assessment by a body authorised for PPE is required by the relevant Regulations for those products which protect against more serious risks, the absence of such independent assessment for such a product may increase the risk to the consumer that the product may not perform as expected when relied upon as a buoyancy aid.

Full product recall report linked here


Longyan Polyester Life Jacket

Product ID: 1005003827271024 (AliExpress)
Hazard Information: The product was not supplied with the required compliance documentation or markings to demonstrate that they have been adequately conformity assessed. Mandatory third-party conformity assessment by a body authorised for PPE is required by the relevant Regulations for those products which protect against more serious risks, the absence of such independent assessment for such a product may increase the risk to the consumer that the product may not perform as expected when relied upon as a buoyancy aid.

Full product recall report linked here


2021 NEW Unisex Neoprene Super Light Life Jacket

Product ID: 60f233f3c2611818c505d473 (Wish)
Hazard Information: The product was advertised as a life jacket, but once purchased was identified as a buoyancy aid (which does not provide the same level of protection). The product was not supplied with the required compliance documentation or markings to demonstrate that they have been adequately conformity assessed. Mandatory third-party conformity assessment by a body authorised for PPE is required by the relevant Regulations for those products which protect against more serious risks, the absence of such independent assessment for such a product may increase the risk to the consumer that the product may not perform as expected when relied upon as a buoyancy aid.

Full product recall report linked here


Corrective Action

  1. OPSS has required that all products are recalled from end users.
  2. All listings have been removed by the online marketplaces.

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