{
  "alert_number": "0729/09",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0729-09",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-15323",
  "safety_gate_published": "2009-06-04",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2009,
    "week": 21,
    "date": "2009-06-05"
  },
  "category": "Toys",
  "product": "Expanding toys - Grow toys",
  "brand_as_notified": "VISION ®",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Vision",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/vision"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Unknown",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Expanding toys in the form of: 1. Black whale, weight: 8.8 g, dimensions approx: 49 x 26 x 17 mm, 2. Lilac shark, weight: 9.7 g, dimensions approx: 53 x 26 x 15 mm,  3) Dark green dolphin, weight: 6.2 g, dimensions approx: 58 x 27 x 14 mm. The toys are made from hard spongy and expanding polymeric material. They include a label with inscriptions: “GROWING“ TOYS FRUIT & VEGETABLE“, Do not swallow, EXPAND TO OVER 600 % OF ORIGINAL SIZE, on other side of label is lettering: “Create your world”, non-toxic, not recommended for children under 3 years old. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD- Small parts. Not for children under 3 Years. Made in China",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Choking, Injuries",
  "risk": "The products pose a risk of choking and injuries because parts of the toy, which fit entirely into the small parts cylinder, can grow in size by more than 50% after being placed in water. If a child swallows parts of this toy, contact with the saliva or gastric juices will cause the toy to grow in size, which may cause asphyxia or gastrointestinal injuries.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Sales ban, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities. Date of entry into force: Unknown",
      "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): Sales ban, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities. Date of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Lithuania",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Unknown"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}