Two Chinese-made pool drain covers sold on Amazon are being pulled from shelves after federal safety regulators found the products fail to meet basic protections meant to stop swimmers, especially children, from getting trapped underwater.
Both products failed to meet the entrapment protection requirements set by the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, a federal law meant to prevent swimmers from being pulled under by pool and spa suction.
According to the CPSC, about 670 of the Sviyatp covers were sold, while roughly 404 of the OeyUoc covers reached customers. Both were marketed as replacement drain covers for home swimming pools and were sold exclusively through Amazon.com between March and June, at a price of about $18 each.
Neither drain cover carries any markings on the product itself, making them difficult to identify once installed. The Sviyatp version can instead be identified by its packaging, which is printed with the codes "X0050114ZZ" and "SV-SP1030-001," along with the phrases "Sviyatp Dual Suction Outlet" and "Made in China” The OeyUoc packaging carries the codes "X00501CQ7P" and "OY-WG1048E-1P," along with "OeyUoc WG1048…Skimmer Lid SP1030" and "Made in China.” Both products shipped with two stainless steel screws.
What Pool Owners Should Do
The CPSC is urging anyone with either drain cover installed to stop using the pool right away. Owners are instructed to remove the cover, write "RECALL" on it in permanent marker, photograph it, and—if possible—cut the cover's outer structure so it cannot be reinstalled.The Law Behind the Recall
The safety standard both products violated traces back to a personal tragedy.Then-President George W. Bush signed the law in December 2007, and it took effect the following year. It requires public pools and spas to install drain covers that meet national performance standards, along with a backup anti-entrapment safeguard when a pool has only one main drain.
