{
  "alert_number": "A12/01521/21",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-01521-21",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10004712",
  "safety_gate_published": "2021-11-11",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2021,
    "week": 45,
    "date": "2021-11-12"
  },
  "category": "Clothing, textiles and fashion items",
  "product": "Towel",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "Kylhandduk",
  "model": "BL-WJC02-Blue",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "7314280040933",
  "barcodes": [
    "7314280040933"
  ],
  "description": "A blue towel in a transparent plastic bag made of soft PVC plastic. Product sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical, Environment",
  "risk": "The transparent plastic of the packaging contains an excessive amount of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), cadmium and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values up to 26, 0.039 and 0.53 % by weight, respectively).DEHP may harm the health of children, causing possible damage to their reproductive system. SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bioaccumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to human health and the environment. Cadmium poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation and the Regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation).",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "6 Jun 2021"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 06/06/2021",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Sweden",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "7314280040933"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "BL-WJC02-Blue"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}