The current safety standard for fridges, freezers and fridge freezers is deficient and is allowing manufacturers to sell products that are a potential fire risk, Which? is warning today as it calls for immediate action to toughen safety standards on refrigeration products. While non-flame-retardant plastic-backed fridges, freezers and fridge freezers pass existing safety standards, Which? […]
Responding to the publication of the Working Group’s report into Product Safety Peter Vicary-Smith, Chief Executive of Which?, said: “These recommendations are not the fundamental reform needed to fix the UK’s broken product safety system, which currently poses grave risks to consumers. “Which? is calling on the Government to take urgent action to put consumers […]
The UK’s fragmented product safety and recall system is not fit-for-purpose and is potentially putting people’s lives at risk through a lack of joined-up national oversight and action, according to a new report by consumer champion Which?. Which? is calling for urgent changes to the regime, including the establishment of a national body that can […]
Today, Which? announces that it has commenced the formal process to judicially review Peterborough Trading Standards’ handling of the Whirlpool tumble dryer safety issue. Almost one year after the fire safety issue affecting millions of consumers was announced in November 2015, an investigation by the London Fire Brigade recently concluded that a Whirlpool tumble dryer […]
A new investigation from Which? shows that, one year on from announcing the tumble dryer fire issue affecting millions across the UK, Whirlpool is still failing its affected customers. Which? first investigated the Whirlpool tumble dryer safety issue in April this year and launched a second investigation in November. Which? found that one in five (22%) of the affected customers surveyed in April are still […]
Which? tested 16 carbon monoxide detectors and found that one in five did not work. The Which? investigation put the carbon monoxide detectors through rigorous lab testing based on the EU safety standard and found that three out of the 16 devices tested were so bad that, between them, they failed to go off 26 […]