{
  "alert_number": "0160/09",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0160-09",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-14762",
  "safety_gate_published": "2009-02-05",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2009,
    "week": 4,
    "date": "2009-02-06"
  },
  "category": "Other - Food-imitating products",
  "product": "Decorative candles",
  "brand_as_notified": "Inart",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Inart",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/inart"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Item. No.: T-4832,",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "5 204116 274118",
  "barcodes": [
    "5204116274118"
  ],
  "description": "Food-imitating decorative candles in the shape of small tarts with various fruits or pieces of fruits on top (approx. dimensions: diameter 4.5 cm, height 4.5 cm). The candles are packed in nine pieces in a transparent box (approximate dimensions: 14 cm x 14 cm x 5 cm), with a cardboard brown coloured base and a decorative brown bow. The candles cannot be bought separately.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Choking",
  "risk": "The product poses a risk of choking as, due to the characteristic form, appearance, colour and size, this product may be mistaken for a foodstuff (small tarts). This may lead children to put it in their mouth, cut it into pieces and swallow it, which could entail the risk of asphyxia or obstruction of the digestive tract. The product does not comply with the Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Greece",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "5 204116 274118"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Item. No.: T-4832,"
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}