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Thule ridealong rear mounted child bike seats — recall 2404-0047

UK OPSS (Office for Product Safety and Standards) · GB · 2024-04-12 · Product Recall

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Agency
UK OPSS (Office for Product Safety and Standards)
Recall identifier
product-recall-thule-ridealong-rear-mounted-child-bike-seats-2404-0047
Date of alert
2024-04-12
Country / jurisdiction
GB
Authority classification
Product Recall
Risk type
product-recall
Brand
Thule
Product category
hobby-sports-equipment
Reported risk: It has been identified that the harness padding on the affected Thule RideAlong bike seats can contain flame-retardant DecaBDE in excess of specified limits, posing a chemical hazard. DecaBDE can be toxic if it is ingested or comes into contact with skin or eyes. Further information on the health effects presented by exposure to DecaBDE is available on Gov.uk at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/brominated-flame-retardants-properties-incident-management-and-toxicology . The affected products do not meet the requirements of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 or the Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007/3106.
What to do

Check whether your product matches this notice (name, batch, dates). If it does, stop using it and follow the instructions in the official notice — refund, return, repair or disposal are set by the issuing authority and the business, and they differ per recall. Official notice from UK OPSS (Office for Product Safety and Standards) →

Primary source: https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-recall-thule-ri

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