{
  "alert_number": "1073/08",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/1073-08",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-14122",
  "safety_gate_published": "2008-10-02",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2008,
    "week": 39,
    "date": "2008-10-03"
  },
  "category": "Toys",
  "product": "Bath sponge – Aqua massage",
  "brand_as_notified": "Be Free",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Be Free",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/befree"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Penguin -",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "3800126491259Turtle - barcode: 3800126491266",
  "barcodes": [
    "3800126491259",
    "3800126491266"
  ],
  "description": "Bath sponges of polyurethane foam in the form of animals and fish, with plastic balls attached as eyes (white with black balls moving inside them), and other attached small polyurethane parts. Colours: sponge in the form of fish – yellow, blue and orange; dolphin – pink, white, crab – green, pink, whale – blue, white; frog – pink. Packaging includes the following information: “Bath sponges, it is not a child’s toy. Do not give to children, Producer: People’s Republic of China.\" Penguin and turtle sold in individual packages marked: \"Be Free, Bath Sponge, Aqua Massage\", and other information in Bulgarian: “Bath sponge, content: polyester – polyurethane foam, producer: People’s Republic of China, produced: 05/2006, expiry: 2009\".",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Choking",
  "risk": "The product poses a risk of choking because of small parts which may be easily detached and swallowed by children. The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Sales ban and 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): Sales ban and 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": "Bulgaria",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "3800126491259 Turtle - barcode: 3800126491266"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Penguin -"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}