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Electrical Safety First – Product Recalls & Safety Notices – Product Registration

Electrical Safety First – Product Recalls & Safety Notices – Product Registration

This latest Alert in partnership with Electrical Safety First highlights the dangers around products that have been recalled but still used in homes across Scotland. Please feel free to share this information with family, friends, neighbours and any local social media groups you are involved in.There have been over 800 electrical product recalls since 2007.In the UK, the response rate to an electrical product recall is worryingly low, largely due to people failing to register their appliances. This means that there are potentially millions of recalled electrical items still in the UK.Registering your product makes it easy for the manufacturer to get in touch with you if it turns out that the item you’ve bought is somehow faulty or dangerous.Electrical products – especially chargers, adaptors, hair-care appliances, kettles, irons and toasters – are recalled more regularly than you might think, but the response rate to an electrical product recall is worryingly low, largely due to people failing to register their appliances. This means that there are potentially millions of recalled electrical items still in the UK.Head to Product Recalls & Safety Notices | Electrical Safety First to check out if your products have been the subject of a recall and notice.Register your products at: Product Registration | Electrical Safety First