Product safety report
Product: John Lewis Light Cotton Mattress Topper and Sofa Bed Topper (a white cotton mattress topper and white sofa bed topper)
Brand: John Lewis
Product codes: 60701201, 60701202, 60701203, 60701204, 60708301
Sales period: 2 January 2017 to 11 August 2023
Category: Clothing, textiles and fashion items: mattress/sofa bed topper
Country of origin: Unknown
PSD case number: 2308-0100
Published on GOV.UK: 7 September 2023
The hazard
The products do not meet fire safety requirements. If the products are exposed to a naked flame, they could pose a fire hazard.
The products do not meet the requirements of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988.
From the official product safety notice on GOV.UK, published by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
What happened
The toppers were recalled from end users. GOV.UK directs readers to John Lewis’s own recall notice, which says routine testing found the product did not meet fire safety requirements.
What to do
Check the product code on your topper against the five above. If it matches and you bought it between 2 January 2017 and 11 August 2023, John Lewis’s recall page asks you to stop using it immediately, package it up and return it to your local John Lewis & Partners for a full refund, or to contact John Lewis on 03456 049 049.
Why it matters for your bed or cot
The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 are the law behind this recall. They define furniture to include mattresses of any size and require fillings to pass set ignitability tests, which is the requirement these toppers failed. One thing the Regulations do not do is require a permanent fire label on mattresses and bed bases; regulation 11 and Schedule 7 exclude them. So a topper with no “CARELESSNESS CAUSES FIRE” label is not automatically non-compliant, and a label is not proof that it passed. For a recalled item the check that counts is the product code.
