{
  "alert_number": "A12/00712/24",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00712-24",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10012317",
  "safety_gate_published": "2024-03-15",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2024,
    "week": 12,
    "date": "2024-03-22"
  },
  "category": "Electrical appliances and equipment",
  "product": "Massage machine",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "Digital Meridian Massager",
  "model": "XTK058",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Electric muscle tens machine. Product sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical, Environment",
  "risk": "The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (measured value up to 2.41%by weight). The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value up to 0.12% by weight). The product has an excessive concentration of short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 2.56 % by weight).DEHP poses a risk to human health and the environment. Cadmium bio-accumulates and poses a risk to the environment. 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 2 Directive) nor with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "6 Oct 2023"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 06/10/2023",
  "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": [
      "XTK058"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}