Level: Serious risk
Type: Consumer products
Ref.: A12/1375/16
Notifying country: Sweden
Country of origin: China
Counterfeit:
Risk type: Environment
Product: USB-cord
Product name: Unknown
Product description: Short black USB-cord
Brand: Swedeltaco
Category: Electrical appliances and equipment
Type/number of model: USB-24S-K/ (1549213)
Batch number/Barcode: Unknown
OECD Portal Category: 78000000 - Electrical Supplies
Risk: The plastic in the cord contains up to 0.257% by weight short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs).
The placing on the market and use of articles containing SCCPs is banned. SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bioaccumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to human health and the environment.
The product does not comply with the Regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation).
Measures adopted by notifying country: Measures taken by economic operators: Withdrawal of the product from the market (By: Retailer)
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