PRA number
2008/9849
Published date
Product description
The sunglasses were fixed to the cover of the February 2008 edition of Marie Claire magazine.
Reasons the product is recalled
The sunglasses do not meet the lens performance requirements of the mandatory Australian safety standard for sunglasses and fashion spectacles (AS 1067:2003).
The hazards to consumers
Injury
What consumers should do
If you received a pair of brown sunglasses, please return them to Pacific Magazines, Reply Paid 62441, Locked Bag 9000, North Sydney 2059, by June 6, 2008 with your postal details so you can be sent a black pair in exchange. Pacific Magazines will cover the cost associated with the postage. Please note this issue does not affect black sunglasses that were also supplied with some February editions of Marie Claire. If you have any questions, please call Pacific Magazines on telephone 02 9464 2682.
Supplier
Pacific Magazines, Publisher of Marie Clair magazine
Where the product was sold
Nationally
Responsible regulator
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is the responsible regulator for this recall.