{
  "alert_number": "A12/00295/20",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00295-20",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10000626",
  "safety_gate_published": "2020-02-20",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2020,
    "week": 9,
    "date": "2020-02-28"
  },
  "category": "Electrical appliances and equipment",
  "product": "Digital Multimeter",
  "brand_as_notified": "HoldPeak",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "HoldPeak",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/holdpeak"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Digital Multimeter",
  "model": "HP-37C",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Digital multimeter with black and blue plastic housing, used to check voltage and current variables in electrical circuits.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical, Environment",
  "risk": "The plastic material of the cables of the product contains an excessive amount of  short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) and lead (measured values up to: 0.87 % and 0.26 % by weight, respectively).Lead poses a risk to the environment and is harmful to human health, as it accumulates in the body, can cause developmental neurotoxicity and may affect breast-fed or unborn children.SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bio-accumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to human health and the environment.  The product does not comply with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation and with the requirements of the Commission Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2 Directive).",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Warning consumers of the risks",
      "operator": "Manufacturer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    },
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Manufacturer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer\nCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks\nDate of entry into force: Unknown\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Sweden",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "HP-37C"
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}