{
  "alert_number": "A12/00373/21",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00373-21",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10003213",
  "safety_gate_published": "2021-03-16",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2021,
    "week": 11,
    "date": "2021-03-19"
  },
  "category": "Toys",
  "product": "Balloons",
  "brand_as_notified": "VIOSARP",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Viosarp",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/viosarp"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "VC949-15",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "5206753016571",
  "barcodes": [
    "5206753016571"
  ],
  "description": "Multicolour balloon set packed into a nylon bag.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The rubber of the balloons releases an excessive amount of nitrosatable substances generating n-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)(measured value: 1.6 mg/ kg). NDMA is a nitrosamine, which may cause cancer through ingestion or dermal exposure. A child could be exposed to it when touching or putting the product in the mouth. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-12.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "20 Jan 2021"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Destruction of the product",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "20 Jan 2021"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 20/01/2021\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product\nDate of entry into force: 20/01/2021",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Cyprus",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": true,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "5206753016571"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "VC949-15"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}