Recall of product

(1) A licensee shall recall a product where it has been verified that the product does not conform to the relevant standard to the extent that– (a) its use could create a health hazard or a safety hazard to consumers or the environment; or (b) its performance in its present state is significantly impaired. 43 (2) Products recalled by the licensee may be reprocessed, reworked or repaired and returned to the market bearing the standard mark where the licensee, in writing, satisfies the Bureau that the product conforms to the appropriate standard. (3) The licensee shall be responsible for the programme of recalling defective products, and he shall provide the Bureau with the following information respecting products recalled by him– (a) the total number of products that do not conform to the appropriate standard; (b) his estimate of the time required to complete the recall; (c) the total number of products recovered by the call programme; (d) the disposition of the products, that is to say whether the products were reprocessed, reworked, repaired, re-exported, destroyed or otherwise disposed of; and (e) the reason for failure of the products to initially conform to the appropriate standard and any action taken to prevent a reoccurrence of such failure.