{
  "alert_number": "A12/01434/23",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-01434-23",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10009440",
  "safety_gate_published": "2023-06-28",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2023,
    "week": 26,
    "date": "2023-06-30"
  },
  "category": "Electrical appliances and equipment",
  "product": "Neck fan",
  "brand_as_notified": "Fan",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Fan",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/fan"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Instant Cold™ neck fan",
  "model": "6994319860164",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "6994319860164",
  "barcodes": [
    "6994319860164"
  ],
  "description": "Neck fan made of hard plastic. Product sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical, Environment",
  "risk": "The solders on the printed circuit board (PCB), a connection to battery and the USB cable have excessive concentrations of lead (measured values up to 62.7%, 71% and 0.34% by weight, respectively).Lead poses a risk to the environment.The plastic material in the cable has excessive concentrations of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values up to 2.48%, 2.0% and 2.24% by weight, respectively).DEHP and DBP may harm the health by causing possible damage to the reproductive system.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": "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": [
      "6994319860164"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "6994319860164"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}