{
  "alert_number": "A12/00683/21",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00683-21",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10003659",
  "safety_gate_published": "2021-05-20",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2021,
    "week": 20,
    "date": "2021-05-21"
  },
  "category": "Other - Bamboo table place setting",
  "product": "Bamboo placemats",
  "brand_as_notified": "Villeroy & Boch",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Villeroy & Boch",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/villeroyandboch"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Essentials Bamboo Platzset",
  "model": "35-9040-0005    , 35-9040-0009",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "40036834608464003683460884",
  "barcodes": [
    "4003683460846",
    "4003683460884"
  ],
  "description": "Dark-green or brown place settings made of bamboo and cotton with piping around the edges and a fabric label with the Villeroy & Boch logo. The size is 33 cm x 48 cm. The product was also sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The green variant of the product contains azo dyes releasing 3,3'-dimethoxybenzidine (measured value: 360 mg/kg). Furthermore, the brown variant of the product contains azo dyes releasing benzidine (measured value: 150 mg/kg).In the event of longer-term direct skin contact, aromatic amines can be absorbed through the skin. Aromatic amines can cause cancer and cell mutations and affect reproduction. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "30 Apr 2021"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "30 Apr 2021"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Warning consumers of the risks",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "30 Apr 2021"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "30 Apr 2021"
    }
  ],
  "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: 30/04/2021\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: 30/04/2021\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks\nDate of entry into force: 30/04/2021\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace\nDate of entry into force: 30/04/2021",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": "https://www.villeroy-boch.de/dining-lifestyle/unsere-services/kontakt/bamboo.html?utm_source=tk_b2b&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=tk_bamboo",
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "India",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "4003683460846",
      "4003683460884"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "35-9040-0005",
      "35-9040-0009"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}