{
  "alert_number": "A12/00869/21",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00869-21",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10003895",
  "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": "Universal Weed Grass 6 Blade Steel Trimmer Head Br",
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Head with cutting attachments. It was advertised as suitable for use on commercially available grass trimmers and brush cutters. The product was sold online, in particular via eBay.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "The head may be mounted on a grass trimmer, against its intended use. Therefore the 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": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "12 Apr 2021"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: 12/04/2021",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [
    "eBay"
  ],
  "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."
}