Official safety alertOther risk levels
EU Safety Gate · Report-2020-34
Apple · Plug adapter
The product could break, exposing internal electrical components. A user might touch the accessible live parts while the adapter is plugged into the wall socket and suffer an electric shock. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive.
- Published
- 21 August 2020
- Notifying authority
- Ireland
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Importer. Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users. Date of entry into force: 25/05/2019
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A11/00073/20
- Model
- Type G
- Batch
- Affected products are supplied with certain Apple Mac and iOS devices sold primarily in Ireland and UK, including MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iPod, iPhone, and iPad products from 2003 to 2010.Also sold in combination with Apple power adapters sold separately, primarily in Ireland and UK during the same period, and with the World Travel Adapter Kit sold in the EU market from 2003 until 2015
Classification
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Risk type
- Electric shock
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Affected three-prong wall plug adapters are white, with no letters in the inside slot where it attaches to the Apple adapter. The product was also sold online.