{
  "alert_number": "A11/0073/16",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a11-0073-16",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/212472",
  "safety_gate_published": "2016-08-12",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2016,
    "week": 33,
    "date": "2016-08-19"
  },
  "category": "Hobby/sports equipment",
  "product": "Inflatable armbands",
  "brand_as_notified": "Bestway",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Bestway",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/bestway"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Splash and play",
  "model": "item number 32042",
  "batch": "Batch number BWSHE22403S 2014-11-20",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Swimming armbands decorated with pictures of dolphins, sold in plastic packaging.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Drowning",
  "risk": "null The strength of the seams is not sufficient and a chamber may start to leak after prolonged or repeated use. The deflation of the chamber may affect buoyancy, as well as the size of the product. Consequently, the product might not stay on the child's upper arms, posing a risk of drowning.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and the relevant European standard EN 13138.",
  "risk_level": "Other risk levels",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "7 Jun 2016"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures\nDate of entry into force: 07/06/2016\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Finland",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "Batch number BWSHE22403S 2014-11-20"
    ],
    "models": [
      "item number 32042"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}