NSW Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts is asking the media and the public to help get an urgent warning out about the potentially fatal dangers of magnets in toys, after a 3-year old NSW Central Coast child this month suffered a serious throat injury.
NSW Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts is urging consumers to check their oscillating fan heaters following a voluntary national recall of two brands of heaters due to the risk of fire and injury.
Product safety raids have resulted in the seizure of more than 1900 toys and novelty items by Consumer Affairs Victoria inspectors from a retailer in Altona and two warehouses in Moorabbin.
Unsafe bicycles have been uncovered in a national product safety surveillance operation involving the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and state and territory consumer affairs agencies.
New South Wales Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts is urging people in NSW to pay close attention to government warnings about the safety of electrical goods and children’s clothing.
Consumers are being warned against using the ‘Keratin Complex Intense Rx’ hair conditioner product, which has been found to have high levels of free formaldehyde, said Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, David Bradbury.
Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria Dr Claire Noone has today welcomed a voluntary recall of Shinn Fu Australia MVP ProLift 1800kg Trolley Jacks following surveillance and monitoring activity by Consumer Affairs Victoria as part of a national campaign on hydraulic trolley jacks.
Treadmills being sold without adequate warning labels were a major concern following an intensive product safety campaign carried out by Western Australian Consumer Protection.
New South Wales Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts today said a Bondi Junction retailer had been ordered to pay $9,630 by Downing Centre Local Court for selling toys that posed a serious safety risk to children.
New South Wales Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts today said a Liverpool retailer had been ordered to pay $2,259 by Liverpool Local Court for selling toys that posed a serious safety risk to children.
