Safety Alert: Wuxi Brand FIE Banned for Sale in Europe!
Just received confirmation and the EU report that bans the sale of the Wuxi brand of FIE uniforms because they have failed the CEN level 2 safety testing. No word yet from the FIE on Wuxi’s status, nor on the status of the FIE mask, but based on the first FIE Wuxi mask that I had seen, I would want that retested as well.
Full story on Fencing.Net: Wuxi Uniforms deemed not up to FIE Standards
Now this will probably create another blitz of anti-China sentiment on the quality and manufacture of their goods. There are some products manufactured in China that are good and some that aren’t. That’s why it is important for us to continually receive reviews of the products from the different manufacturers.
Share the story, please. We all as a community need to make sure that we’re keeping everyone safe and that consumers are getting what they are paying for.
zhao on 31 Jan 2009 at 8:58 am #
It proves that the secret deal between wuxi factory and FIE SEMI is true. It would be better to pay more for uniform of better reputation.
Craig on 07 Mar 2009 at 9:03 am #
Update:
Wuxi Fencing Uniforms Update including the statement from Wuxi and Leon Paul on the matter.