{
  "alert_number": "A12/01088/20",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-01088-20",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10001707",
  "safety_gate_published": "2020-10-29",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2020,
    "week": 31,
    "date": "2020-07-31"
  },
  "category": "Electrical appliances and equipment",
  "product": "Portable immersion heater",
  "brand_as_notified": "KY",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "KY",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/ky"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Immersion Heater",
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Immersion heater with coiled metal heating element and pink plastic top with a white lead and fitted with a 3 pin plug.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Burns, Electric shock",
  "risk": "The product’s internal circuits are not sufficiently isolated from water, and the internal build quality is poor. The wires can transmit current to the metal heating element thus posing an electrocution risk. Furthermore, there is no protection on the metal heating element when activated, increasing the risk of burns to the user or burning objects due to its high temperature. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and with the European standard EN 60335.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\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": [],
  "notifying_country": "United Kingdom",
  "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."
}