‘Killer’ baby carriers were among nearly a million hazardous products worth £23 million seized at the UK’s busiest cargo port in one year.
The dangerous carriers had easily detachable labels that could choke a child, inspectors said.
A Trading Standards import team checked goods arriving at Felixstowe, Suffolk, in 2018-19.
In total, 996,143 unsafe items across 670 product lines – including pushchairs, toys, child car seats, electric hotplates, food processors and electric scooters – were deemed dangerous and detained.
Many were destined for sale by third parties via websites including Amazon and eBay.
The car seats and pushchairs did not meet safety rules, while the two-pin adapter for the hotplates failed tests.
Of goods assessed between April and August this year, 73% were unsafe or non-compliant.
Cllr Richard Rout, of Suffolk county council, which runs the import team, said: “It is not an over-exaggeration to say that hundreds of lives have been saved.”
