{
  "alert_number": "0255/08",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0255-08",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-13312",
  "safety_gate_published": "2008-02-29",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2008,
    "week": 8,
    "date": "2008-03-01"
  },
  "category": "Other - Food-imitating products",
  "product": "Candles",
  "brand_as_notified": "Broste",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Broste",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/broste"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Code 15135167,",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "2 008171 001442.",
  "barcodes": [
    "2008171001442"
  ],
  "description": "Food-imitating decorative candle consisting of 5 brown gingerbread star-shaped cookies with a wick in the middle that keeps them all together (approx. dimensions: 6x6x4cm). The candle is packed in a transparent white bag.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Choking",
  "risk": "The product poses a risk of choking because, due to the characteristic form, appearance, colour, and size, this product may be mistaken for a foodstuff (gingerbread cookies). This may lead children to put them in their mouths and swallow them, which could entail the risk of asphyxia or obstruction of the digestive tract. The candle can easily break, creating small parts that fit within the small parts cylinder.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Voluntary withdrawal from the market",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other\nCategory of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market.\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": [
      "2 008171 001442."
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Code 15135167,"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}