GY Sports Hockey Helmets, Face Protectors, and Goalie Masks recalled due to missing CSA Certification
- Starting date:
- May 13, 2019
- Posting date:
- May 13, 2019
- Type of communication:
- Consumer Product Recall
- Subcategory:
- Sports/Fitness
- Source of recall:
- Health Canada
- Issue:
- Product Safety
- Audience:
- General Public
- Identification number:
- RA-69914
Last updated: 2019-05-13
Summary
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Product:
GY Sports Hockey Helmets, Face Protectors, and Goalie Masks -
Issue:
Products lack CSA certification -
What to do:
Immediately stop using the products
Affected products
GY Sports Hockey Helmets, Face Protectors, and Goalie Masks
Product description
This recall involves all GY Sports hockey helmets, face protectors, and goalie masks. The products have the "GY" logo on them.
The hockey helmets were sold on their own and as a combination product with a face protector. The hockey helmets come in both adult and youth sizes and in colours of black, white, blue, and red.
The face protectors include full face cages, full shields, and visors.
The goalie masks come in both black and white with cat eye cages.
These products were sold by GY Sports, Gorilla Scales Canada, and independent third party sellers on Amazon.ca.
Hazard identified
None of the GY Sports branded hockey helmets, face protectors, and goalie masks are certified to CSA standards. As a result, the helmets could fail to prevent head injuries during an event, posing a hazard to consumers.
As of April 29, 2019 neither the sellers nor Amazon has received any reports of incidents in Canada and no reports of injury.
Number sold
Approximately 65 units of hockey helmets, 2,519 units of face protectors, and 28 units of goalie masks were sold by GY Sports or Gorilla Scales Canada on Amazon.ca.
Time period sold
The affected products were sold from August 2016 to March 2019.
Place of origin
Manufactured in China.
Companies
- Retailer
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GY Sports
Zhuhai, Guandong
CHINA
- Retailer
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Gorilla Scales Canada
Enderby
British Columbia
CANADA
- Manufacturer
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GY Sports
Zhuhai, Guandong
CHINA
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What you should do
Consumers should immediately stop using GY Sports hockey helmets, face protectors, and goalie masks. Amazon will directly contact all customers who purchased these items and issue a full refund to their accounts.
Please note that the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act prohibits recalled products from being redistributed, sold or even given away in Canada.
Health Canada would like to remind Canadians to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of this product or any other consumer product or cosmetic by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.
This recall is also posted on the OECD Global Portal on Product Recalls website. You can visit this site for more information on other international consumer product recalls.