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Portable gas heater Polar Track

Official notice

16 Apr 2010

Last checked

16 Apr 2010

Critical riskEU Safety Gate

An official EU Safety Gate notice concerns Portable gas heater Polar Track. The product poses a risk of burns because the flames extinguish easily by a flow of air and because it is not so constructed that the gas leakage rate is not dangerous and that gas release after flame extinction is limited in order to avoid a dangerous accumulation of unburned gas. In addition, the instructions for use are not in Dutch which may lead to misuse of the product.The product does not comply with the Gas Appliances Directive and the relevant European standard EN 521. Published 2010-04-16.

What to do now

The source does not provide specific consumer instructions. Follow the official EU Safety Gate notice for next steps.

Recall number

0658/10

Official notice

2010-04-16

The hazard

The product poses a risk of burns because the flames extinguish easily by a flow of air and because it is not so constructed that the gas leakage rate is not dangerous and that gas release after flame extinction is limited in order to avoid a dangerous accumulation of unburned gas. In addition, the instructions for use are not in Dutch which may lead to misuse of the product.The product does not comply with the Gas Appliances Directive and the relevant European standard EN 521.

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Affected products

Product 1

Portable gas heater

Risk / hazard

The product poses a risk of burns because the flames extinguish easily by a flow of air and because it is not so constructed that the gas leakage rate is not dangerous and that gas release after flame extinction is limited in order to avoid a dangerous accumulation of unburned gas. In addition, the instructions for use are not in Dutch which may lead to misuse of the product.The product does not comply with the Gas Appliances Directive and the relevant European standard EN 521.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

DE · Germany

Location 2

FR · France

Affected area 1

DE · Germany

Affected area 2

FR · France

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Polar Track.

Source & status

Tier

beta

Category

HOME

Classification

Serious risk — Burns

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

0658/10

Classification

Serious risk — Burns

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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