The inspection focused on outdoor-use products such as children’s textile goods and kids’ bicycles. The agency said 20% of the products reviewed failed to meet domestic safety standards, higher than the average 5% noncompliance rate for products distributed in South Korea.
Among 202 children’s products inspected, 56 were found noncompliant: 15 children’s textile items such as shoes, bags and hats; 13 toys; seven children’s leather goods; seven infant textile products; and five children’s bicycles.
All five children’s bicycles failed the safety standards. Eight of nine LED lighting fixtures also fell short. The agency urged extra caution, citing noncompliance rates of 60% for DC power supplies, 58% for children’s leather goods and 41% for children’s textile products.
For electrical goods, 21 of 124 products were noncompliant, including eight LED lighting fixtures, six DC power supplies, and three plugs and outlets. For household goods, eight of 105 products failed to meet standards, including four riding helmets, three batteries and one sports helmet.
The agency posted information on the 85 products confirmed to pose risks on the Product Safety Information Portal and Consumer24. It also notified overseas direct-purchase platform operators and requested that sales be blocked to prevent consumer purchases.
Kim Dae-ja, head of the agency, said overseas direct-purchase items are not necessarily safety-verified and urged consumers to check the Product Safety Information Portal before buying to see whether a product has been flagged as hazardous. He said the agency will expand its safety inspections of overseas direct-purchase products to 1,200 cases this year from 1,000 last year and will continue monitoring whether hazardous products are being distributed.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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