{
  "alert_number": "A12/0846/16",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0846-16",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/215757",
  "safety_gate_published": "2016-07-05",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2016,
    "week": 28,
    "date": "2016-07-15"
  },
  "category": "Electrical appliances and equipment",
  "product": "Battery charger",
  "brand_as_notified": "Power Base",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Power Base",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/powerbase"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Switching Quick Charger",
  "model": "C-521",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Charger for 8  or 4 AA or AAA batteries in blister pack. Sold with household mains plug and cigarette lighter plug.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Electric shock, Fire",
  "risk": "null The insulation between the primary and secondary windings of the transformer is insufficient and there is a high likelihood of flashover occurring. If flashover occurs, there will be mains voltage on the exposed metal parts for charging the batteries. That means people might get an electric shock if they touch the metal parts. Also, if there are batteries in the charger at the time, the batteries might act violently to the high voltage leading to the risk of a fire.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "29 Jun 2016"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: 29/06/2016",
  "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": [
      "C-521"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}