{
  "alert_number": "A12/00861/21",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00861-21",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10003890",
  "safety_gate_published": "2021-06-10",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2021,
    "week": 24,
    "date": "2021-06-18"
  },
  "category": "Machinery",
  "product": "Grass trimmer head",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "Lawn mower chain trimmer head brush cutter for gar",
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Head with 2 blades with chain saw elements. It was advertised as suitable for use on commercially available grass trimmers and brush cutters and was sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "The head may be mounted on a grass trimmer, against its intended use, be used as a hand-held chain saw. As a consequence, this could cause kickback or loss of control over the tool, resulting in injuries. Additionally, the chain saw elements and cutting attachments are unprotected and could break during use. Consequently, the user could be hit by the head or broken pieces and be injured.  The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive and Commission Decision 2012/32/EU prohibiting the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Stop of sales",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "11 Mar 2021"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Stop of sales\nDate of entry into force: 11/03/2021",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Denmark",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": []
  },
  "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."
}