Product Recall Number: 12153
Why was Digital Concepts Compact Travel Charger recalled?
The plastic holding the screws can break, causing the screws to come loose and the casing to separate. This can expose energized components, exposing users to electrocution or electric shock.
Product Recall Number: 12153
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2012-04-18
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Digital Concepts Compact Travel Charger
Description: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Hazard Description: The plastic holding the screws can break, causing the screws to come loose and the casing to separate. This can expose energized components, exposing users to electrocution or electric shock.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 48,000
Incidents: Sakar International has not received any reports of the charger falling apart, or of electrocution or electric shock. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled battery charger and contact Sakar International Inc. for a replacement product.
Sold At: Cobra Digital, Lot-Less, Ocean State Jobbers and RadioShack from January 2011 through February 2012 for about $10.
Importers: Sakar International Inc. of Edison, N.J.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed