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CPSC reports Apple Recalling Three-Prong Wall Plug Adapters Included in World Travel Adapter Kit

U.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionWashington, D.C. – U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that Apple is recalling three-prong AC wall plug adapters included in the Apple World Travel Adapter Kit sold before February 2015.

The kits contain three-prong and two-prong AC wall plug adapters that fit different electrical outlets worldwide. The recalled adapters were made for use primarily in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Hong Kong and were also sold with Mac computers and iOS devices.

Apple Three-Prong Wall Plug Adapters in the World Travel Adapter Kit recalled Due to Risk of Electric Shock.
Apple Three-Prong Wall Plug Adapters in the World Travel Adapter Kit recalled Due to Risk of Electric Shock.

The recalled three-prong AC wall plug adapters are white with no letters on the inside slot where it attaches to an Apple power adapter.

Redesigned adapters are white with gray on the inside portion that attaches to the power adapter.

Recall Information

Name of Product: Apple AC World Travel Adapter Kits

Units: About 814,000 (in addition, about 81,000 were sold in Canada)

Hazard: The three-prong AC wall plug adapters can break and expose the metal portion of the adapter, posing an electric shock risk.

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled wall plug adapters and contact Apple for free replacement adapters.

Incidents/Injuries: Apple has received six reports from other countries of wall plug adapters breaking and consumers receiving shocks, including two reports of consumers who were medically evaluated and released without need for further medical treatment. No reports of incidents or injuries were reported by U.S. consumers.

Recall Date: June 5th, 2019

Sold At: Apple stores and other home electronics stores nationwide, and online at Apple.com from January 2003 through January 2015 for about $30.

Importer(s): Apple Inc., of Cupertino, CA

Manufactured In: China

Recall number: 19-132

About the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually.

CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC’s work to help ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.

Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC’s Hotline at 800.638.2772 or teletypewriter at 301.595.7054 for the hearing impaired.

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