{
  "alert_number": "0838/09",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0838-09",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-15428",
  "safety_gate_published": "2009-06-25",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2009,
    "week": 24,
    "date": "2009-06-26"
  },
  "category": "Other - Food-imitating products",
  "product": "Decorative candles",
  "brand_as_notified": "Fairy cakes",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Fairy Cakes",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/fairycakes"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Code A0514231,",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "5 203390 576222",
  "barcodes": [
    "5203390576222"
  ],
  "description": "Food-imitating decorative vanilla scented candles in the shape of coloured cakes with various toppings (approximate dimensions: diameter 7 cm, height 7 cm). Each candle is packed in a transparent plastic bag with a red and white bow on the top. The candles are packed in nine pieces in a transparent plastic box (approximate dimensions: 23 x 23 x 8 cm). The candles can be bought separately.",
  "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 (cakes). This may lead children to put it in their mouth, cut it into pieces and swallow them, 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 203390 576222"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Code A0514231,"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}