{
  "alert_number": "A12/00337/24",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00337-24",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10011892",
  "safety_gate_published": "2024-02-13",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2024,
    "week": 7,
    "date": "2024-02-16"
  },
  "category": "Electrical appliances and equipment",
  "product": "Headphones",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "Wireless Headphones On ears",
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Black wireless headphones. Product sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical, Environment",
  "risk": "The solders in the product have excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium (measured values: up to 45 % and 0.12 % by weight, respectively). Lead poses a risk to the environment. Cadmium is harmful to human health because it accumulates in the body, can damage the kidneys and bones and it may cause cancer.  The plastic materials of the product has excessive concentrations of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: up to 1.9 % and 5.1 % by weight, respectively). This phthalate may harm the health of children, possibly causing damage to the reproductive system. 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. Prolonged exposure to them through the skin may cause cancer. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive), nor with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "18 Oct 2023"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 18/10/2023",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Sweden",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": []
  },
  "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."
}