Cricket Australia sunglasses were withdrawn from sale until they were relabelled to comply with the mandatory Australian standards after Australian Competition and Consumer Commission intervention, ACCC Chairman, Mr Graeme Samuel, said today.
"Corpeyewear Pty Ltd, an importer and distributor of sports licensed sunglasses, supplied the sunglasses and has offered the ACCC court-enforceable undertakings to resolve the matter.
"The ACCC believes the sunglasses breached section 65C of the Trade Practices Act 1974. This section prohibits goods being supplied to consumers which do not meet the prescribed mandatory product safety standard."
Corpeyewear will:
- refrain from supplying any sunglasses and fashion spectacles that do not comply with the relevant mandatory consumer product safety standard
- advise retail customers that the sunglasses were not labelled according to the standard and advise the remedial actions which are available
- publish an advertisement in Inside Cricket, and
- implement a trade practices compliance program.
"The sunglasses were found during a regular ACCC product safety survey. It identified a number of non-compliant sunglasses and fashion spectacles at various retail outlets in the Brisbane metropolitan area.
"Incorrect, obscured or absent labelling were the major areas of non-compliance. In all instances, the retailers and suppliers co-operated with the ACCC and took immediate steps to rectify concerns raised.
"Suppliers are reminded to test all styles of sunglasses and fashion spectacles on a regular basis to ensure compliance with the mandatory standard.
"The ACCC will continue to ensure mandatory product safety standards are met. Random retail surveys are conducted regularly throughout Australia to detect non compliant products. Suppliers must ensure that their products are correctly tested against any mandatory product safety standard to avoid placing consumers at risk," Mr Samuel said.