article_snippet.sent: Spanning just over a year, the models said to be affected were made in Thailand between September 2013 and January 2015.
article_snippet.sent: Recalls the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
article_snippet.sent: have monitored in Australia included a punching bag that contained nails and needles, a vacuum that put users at risk of electric shock and burns, an 'egg free' ice cream that contained egg whites and a spear gun that fired without warning.
article_snippet.sent: Senator Madigan, a former Democratic Labor Party representative told Farifax Senator Madigan, a former Democratic Labor Party representative blamed the rise in recalls on a 'systemic regulatory failure' to protect Australians from substandard imported products. '
article_snippet.sent: There is definitely more faulty stuff around, but I do think that people are becoming a little bit more aware, and sick of it.
article_snippet.sent: There's a lot of these cheap places where you can go and buy cheap stuff, but it's not cheap if it doesn't last,' Senator Madigan, a former Democratic Labor Party representative warned.
highlights_snippet.sent: Five customers have reportedly claimed to have 'thermal incidents'
  Affected models were made between September 2013 and January 2015 .
  