A wall charger bought by hundreds of people across Ireland is being urgently recalled because of safety concerns.
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission issued a safety alert on Friday for an OtterBox UK Wall Charger.
The affected product is white, with the model number 78-52713 and batch numbers 006 and 008.
Further details on the box read: “18W – 1X USB-C 18W USB-PD White.”
A total of 766 chargers were sold across the country by Three Ireland.
Explaining the safety risk, a CCPC spokesperson said: “The risk associated with the product is that of electric shock.
“Melting of the product may occur due to the failure of the ferrite bead in defective products. This may lead to access to live parts. Person touches live parts and may receive an electric shock.
“The brand is OtterBox. The type/number of model is 78-52713. The batch numbers are 006 (unit made in China) and 008 (unit made in Vietnam).”
Anyone who has bought one of the affected chargers is advised to stop using it immediately and discard it.
The safety alert was one of five published on Friday.
Parents are being warned of a risk of children choking on an educational feeding toy set sold on AliExpress.
“A safety issue has been identified with an educational feeding toy set sold on the Aliexpress platform. The set contains different types of small fruit, two bowls, two spoons and two pairs of chopsticks.
“The risk associated with the product is that of choking. The food replicas in this toy are small parts. A child could put the food replica into the mouth and choke on it,” the CCPC said.
A third safety warning was issued for a toy rattle sold on eBay.
The CCPC said: “A safety issue has been identified with a toy rattle in the shape of a plastic key ring with three different plastic keys in assorted colours sold on the eBay platform.
"The risk associated with the product is that of choking, damage to hearing, Injuries and suffocation. The sound pressure level is too high.
“The toy also releases small parts, presenting a choking risk. The plastic foil bag, which is not compliant as it bears no warning and is too thin, represents a suffocation risk.”
Another safety alert involved a child’s bath thermometer, also sold on eBay.
“A safety issue has been identified with a child’s bath thermometer sold on the eBay platform. The thermometer is in the form of a smiling violet frog.
“The risk associated with the product is that of choking as the thermometer has a protruding part,” a statement from the CCPC reads.
A final warning was issued about a set of rubber ducks, sold on eBay also.
The CCPC said: “A safety issue has been identified with a set of rubber ducks sold on the eBay platform.
“The risk associated with the product is that of choking and damage to hearing. The brand is unknown. The type/number of model is unknown. The batch number and the barcode are unknown.”
A spokesperson said that given the online availability of the above recalls, they may have been sold to customers in Ireland.
Anyone who has purchased any of the affected products is advised to stop using them and discard them out of the reach of children. Customers can also get in touch with the online store it was bought from to see if they can get a refund.
