Sweden
What's being recalled
Wireless electric neck massager with a USB cable.
Packaging: Cardboard box
Country of origin: People's Republic of China.
How to identify it
Safety Gate alert SR/02996/26
Product name on the item: Massager cervical Vertebra
The hazard
The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values up to 3.94%, 2.06% and 0.19% by weight, respectively)
DEHP and DBP pose a risk to human health and the environment. 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 wtih the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation.
What to do
Product withdrawal from market (voluntary, distributor).
The official notice
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