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MORE RETAILERS HAVE faced enforcement action from the the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission over the sale of potentially unsafe hoverboards.
Safety concerns have been raised over the popular two-wheeled scooters after a number of reports of units catching fire.
Tesco is among the latest batch of retailers, along with KOL Retail Sales Limited and Sino-EU Union lnternational (lrl) Trading Limited trading as Cl- Electric Bike, to be instructed not to put non-compliant hoverboards on the market.
The Brown Thomas department store in Dublin was among retailers named yesterday.
The commission is carrying out market surveillance to ensure the products on the market conform to safety standards.
Evidence of hoverboards with non-compliant and potentially unsafe plugs and fuses as well as significant issues with the cables, chargers and the battery packs has been found.
Thecommission has issued the following advice to consumers thinking of purchasing these items:
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