{
  "alert_number": "A12/00047/24",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00047-24",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10011510",
  "safety_gate_published": "2024-01-10",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2024,
    "week": 2,
    "date": "2024-01-12"
  },
  "category": "Hobby/sports equipment",
  "product": "Massage yoga ball",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "Massage Yoga Ball",
  "model": "B230310043312 , KJ2023020911",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Turquoise ball of hard plastic, approximately 6 centimetres in diameter, with knobs designed for use in massage. No labelling is found on the product itself. Product sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical, Environment",
  "risk": "The product has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (measured value up to 13.39 % by weight) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 1835 mg/kg). DEHP poses a risk to human health and the environment. SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bio-accumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to human health and the environment. Prolonged exposure to them through the skin may cause cancer. The product does not comply with the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation nor with the REACH Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "20 Sep 2023"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 20/09/2023",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Norway",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "B230310043312",
      "KJ2023020911"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}