{
  "alert_number": "SR/00523/25",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-00523-25",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10093028",
  "safety_gate_published": "2025-01-30",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2025,
    "week": 6,
    "date": "2025-02-07"
  },
  "category": "Electrical appliances and equipment",
  "product": "USB adaptor",
  "brand_as_notified": "Valueline",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Valueline",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/valueline"
    }
  ],
  "name": "USB 3.0 Adapter",
  "model": "VLCP61902L",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "5412810179459",
  "barcodes": [
    "5412810179459"
  ],
  "description": "90x40x5 millimetre adaptor with dual USB 3.0/A female contacts. Blue plastic coating.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical, Environment",
  "risk": "The plastic material of the product has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: 4.32% and 5.3% by weight, respectively).DEHP 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": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "17 Jul 2024"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 17/07/2024",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Sweden",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "5412810179459"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "VLCP61902L"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}