{
  "alert_number": "1250/08",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/1250-08",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-14297",
  "safety_gate_published": "2008-10-30",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2008,
    "week": 43,
    "date": "2008-10-31"
  },
  "category": "Toys",
  "product": "Pull-along toy - Pulling elephant/hippo",
  "brand_as_notified": "HAPPY HIPPO, HAPPY ELEPHANT",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Happy Hippo",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/happyhippo"
    },
    {
      "name": "Happy Elephant",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/happyelephant"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "ITEM NO: 3318, on sticker: Art. No. B110851",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Plastic toy in the shape of a hippopotamus on wheels with a textile string to pull and a plastic pole for pushing. Packed in a plastic bag closed with coloured cardboard.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Choking, Strangulation",
  "risk": "The product  poses a risk of choking because:- the small hat on the head of the hippo can be easily detached and fits entirely into the small parts cylinder,- the plastic ring can be detached with a force of 10 N and fits entirely into the small parts cylinder;  and poses a risk of strangulation because the length of the string for pulling is 600 mm and, together with the plastic ring, enables loops to be created posing a danger of strangulation.The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the distributor",
      "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 and recall from consumers by the distributor.\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Slovakia",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "ITEM NO: 3318, on sticker: Art. No. B110851"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}