{
  "alert_number": "A12/00961/20",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00961-20",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10001529",
  "safety_gate_published": "2020-08-06",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2020,
    "week": 28,
    "date": "2020-07-10"
  },
  "category": "Electrical appliances and equipment",
  "product": "Portable UV light",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "UV Disinfection Light Home Room 36W UVC Ultraviolet Germicidal Sterilizing Lamps",
  "model": "184237090143",
  "batch": "Products were sold during the period: 02/04/20 – 14/06/20",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Mains-operated UV steriliser with 12 LED lights. The product was sold online, in particular via eBay, and the description in the listing claims to provide with UVC wavelength and biocidal properties.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Burns, Damage to sight, Health risk / other",
  "risk": "The product does not emit UV-C radiation. Consequently, it might not kill bacteria or viruses, which could then reach the user, increasing the risk of infection. Moreover, it emits an unsafe amount of UV-A radiation (measured value:  248.5 W/m2). Consequently, a user in close proximity to the product will receive an unsafe dose of UV radiation to the eyes or the skin, increasing the risk of severe injuries. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 62471.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other\nCategory of measure(s): Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [
    "eBay"
  ],
  "notifying_country": "United Kingdom",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "Products were sold during the period: 02/04/20 – 14/06/20"
    ],
    "models": [
      "184237090143"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}