Consumer watchdog 'routinely' contacts Amazon about safety alerts for products

The records also detail how in some cases Amazon had already removed products from sale before even being contacted by the CCPC in Ireland. File photo: Michael Sohn

The consumer watchdog has written to retail delivery giant Amazon dozens of times this year about safety alerts over products that were being sold online.

Among the items flagged by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) were paddling pools, toy bow and arrows, hair straighteners, and helmets.