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Australia/Canberra: ALDI Stores (a limited partnership), a Minchinbury, New South Wales establishment, recalls certain batch/lots of ALDI Double USB Powerpoint from the Australian marketplace due to suspected weak contacts in the power point and consequential risks of electric shock, fire, burns, respiratory impairment and cardiac arrest, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.
Direct link: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/aldi-stores-a-limited-partnership-%E2%80%94-double-usb-powerpoint
Additional information:
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) reports the following Consumer Electrical products are subject to this recall:
Filed under: ACCC, Burn or scald hazard, Electric shock or electrocution, Electronics, Home & Residential, Labeling or regulatory issues, Work or Industrial Equipment | Tagged: ACCC, ACCC PRA number: 2023/19912, ALDI Double USB Powerpoints, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, burn hazard, cardiac arrest hazard, electric shock hazard, electrical burns, powerpoints, Recalls Direct RIN: 17600-2023, Respiratory Failure hazard | Leave a comment »