Australia/Canberra: ALDI Stores, a Prestons, New South Wales establishment and subsidiary of German food and retail conglomerate ALDI Süd recalls certain batch/lots of Workzone Pickup Tools from the Australian marketplace due to suspected failure to comply with requirements of Australia’s mandatory standard ‘Consumer Protection Notice No. 14 of 2003 – Consumer Product Safety Standard: Toys for children up to and including 36 months of age’ and consequential risks of choking, burns, oral injury, ingestion, GI tract laceration damage and bowel obstruction, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-changing injury.
ACCC: https://bit.ly/3OwaWFy
Direct link: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/aldi-stores-%E2%80%94-telescopic-magnetic-pick-up-tool-with-led#
Additional information:
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) reports the following Workzone Pickup Tools are subject to this recall:
Filed under: ACCC, Children, Choking or asphyxiation hazard, Home & Residential, Ingestion hazard, Work or Industrial Equipment | Tagged: ACCC, ACCC PRA number: 2023/19811, Aldi Stores, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, child choking hazard, children, choking hazard, death hazard, infants, ingestion hazard, ingestion hazards, Laceration hazards, oral injury, Recalls Direct RIN: 17153-2023, Suffocation hazards, toy | Leave a comment »