{
  "alert_number": "1231/09",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/1231-09",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-15810",
  "safety_gate_published": "2009-09-10",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2009,
    "week": 35,
    "date": "2009-09-11"
  },
  "category": "Toys",
  "product": "Expanding toys – Growing snake",
  "brand_as_notified": "Magic Aqua Grow",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Magic Aqua Grow",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/magicaquagrow"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Bar Code: 5 291040 009862",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Expanding toys made from hard, spongy and expanding polymeric material in the form of yellow – green snake. The packaging is marked with the following:  For ages 3 and up - Aqua Grow.  They grow – grow – grow.  Grows 600%.  Do not swallow.   Warning choking hazard – small parts. Not for children under 3 years – Made in China.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Choking",
  "risk": "This product poses a risk of choking 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, contact with the saliva or gastric juices will cause the toy to grow in size, which may cause asphyxia.The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.",
  "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": "Cyprus",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Bar Code: 5 291040 009862"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}