{
  "alert_number": "A12/00968/23",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00968-23",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10008802",
  "safety_gate_published": "2023-05-04",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2023,
    "week": 18,
    "date": "2023-05-05"
  },
  "category": "Electrical appliances and equipment",
  "product": "Straightening comb",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "Straight comb",
  "model": "HA808 / RD380",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "An electrical straightening comb. Product sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical, Environment",
  "risk": "The black cord has an excessive concentration of short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs). 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 black cord also has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (measured values: up to 1.5 %, 5.4 %, 1.2 % and 1.5 % by weight, respectively).These phthalates may harm the health by possibly causing damage to the reproductive system.The solder in the product has an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 57.8 % by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment.  The product does not comply with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation nor with the 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": "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": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "HA808 / RD380"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}