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A consignment of dangerous electric heaters has been seized at the Port of Felixstowe
Posted 09 March 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Health and Safety|East of England
UPDATES: More than 300 unsafe electrical heaters destined for online sale were intercepted at Felixstowe after inspectors identified serious electrocution risks, preventing potentially dangerous products from reaching consumers.
<p class="a8lwr">Suffolk Trading Standards imports surveillance team has seized more than 300 potentially deadly electrical heaters that were due to be sold on Amazon.</p> <p class="a8lwr">The heaters were intercepted at Felixstowe, the UK’s biggest container port. The devices were found to pose a serious risk of electrocution, with easily exposed hazardous...
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