Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), the UK’s leading experts in child accident prevention, offering safety alerts, safety advice, training and free resources to help secure a safer world for all our children, have asked us to share advice and information ahead of the Christmas period.
CAPT are concerend about cheap gifts from unknown sellers on online marketplaces, which can come from anywhere in the world and can be dangerous since they can bypass the legal standards which normally help keep us all safe.
CAPT have some top tips for shopping safely this Christmas:
- Take care when shopping at marketplaces online (think AliExpress, Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Groupon, Joom, OnBuy, Shein, Temu, TikTok Shop and Wish). There might be dangerous products that haven’t been safety checked.
- Stick with brand names you know. If you’ve never heard of the seller or the brand and the price is really tempting, it could be dangerous.
- Be really careful when buying for under 3s as they’re most at risk from dangerous products.
- Check if the product has been removed from sale. Visit gov.uk for a list of recalled products.
- If you buy something that looks unsafe, trust your instincts and send it back.