Consumers are being urged to check their solar energy storage systems for unsafe LG solar batteries, after the Assistant Treasurer today issued a proposed recall notice for specified LG solar storage batteries, which can overheat and catch fire without warning.
The Assistant Treasurer, the Hon. Stephen Jones, has today issued a national safety warning notice to warn consumers of fire risks associated with recalled LG solar lithium-ion batteries which are installed in solar energy systems across the country.
We want you to have a safe, happy, and healthy summer. Everyday summer products can be unsafe if they are incorrectly used or if children are not supervised.
All households with a solar storage system need to urgently check if the system has a recalled LG battery installed and should switch off affected batteries immediately, the ACCC has warned.
The ACCC is warning consumers about rare but serious fire hazards from lithium-ion batteries and is asking consumers to choose, check, use and dispose of the batteries safely, in its latest report published today.
Consumer products affecting young children’s safety and infant sleep products are among the ACCC’s product safety priorities during 2023-24, ACCC Deputy Chair Catriona Lowe announced today.
More than 15,000 potentially unsafe products were delisted by online marketplaces signed up to the ACCC’s Australian Product Safety Pledge last financial year, with 98 per cent of regulator-initiated take down requests actioned within 2 days.
The ACCC is co-leading this year’s OECD Global Awareness Campaign on Online Product Safety. The campaign launches worldwide during International Consumer Product Safety Week 14-17 November 2022.
