{
  "alert_number": "A12/00902/23",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00902-23",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10008798",
  "safety_gate_published": "2023-04-25",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2023,
    "week": 17,
    "date": "2023-04-28"
  },
  "category": "Electrical appliances and equipment",
  "product": "Epilator",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "Softskin Epilator",
  "model": "JX188",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "6963325960128",
  "barcodes": [
    "6963325960128"
  ],
  "description": "Electrical epilator. Product sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical, Environment",
  "risk": "The solder in the product has an excessive concentration of lead (measured value: up to 65% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment. The cord has excessive concentrations of short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs), bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (measured values: up to 1.8 %, 1.7 % and 11.2 % by weight, respectively). These phthalates may harm the health of children, possibly causing damage to their reproductive systems.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 Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2 Directive) nor the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "17 Jan 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: 17/01/2023",
  "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": [
      "6963325960128"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "JX188"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}