Australia/Canberra: Sheppard Cycles, a Mulgrave, Victoria establishment, recalls certain batch/lots of Giro Merit Bicycle Helmets from the Australian marketplace due to suspected failure to comply with Australia’s Mandatory Standard for Bicycle Helmets and consequential risks of laceration, traumatic brain injury (“TBI” or “concussion”), bone fractures and/or central nervous system (“CNS”) injury, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.
ACCC: https://bit.ly/3JFv1p1
Direct link: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/giro-sport-design-%E2%80%94-giro-merit-bicycle-helmet
Additional information:
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) reports the following Bicycle Helmets are subject to this recall:
Filed under: ACCC, Concussion | Traumatic Brain Injury ("TBI") hazard, head injury hazard, Laceration hazard, Vehicles | Tagged: ACCC, ACCC PRA number: 2023/19718, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ("ACCC"), Bicycles, bone fractures, concussion, concussion hazard, fall hazard, Giro Merit, Giro Merit Bicycle Helmets, hazard, laceration, Laceration hazards, Recalls Direct RIN: 16899-2023, Sheppard Cycles, Traumatic Brain Injury hazard | Leave a comment »