{
  "alert_number": "A12/02468/23",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-02468-23",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10010397",
  "safety_gate_published": "2023-10-05",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2023,
    "week": 41,
    "date": "2023-10-13"
  },
  "category": "Machinery",
  "product": "Attachment for brush cutters",
  "brand_as_notified": "MALATEC",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Malatec",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/malatec"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Disc for brush cutters; Blade for brush cutter - 6 blades",
  "model": "00018528",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "5900779940536",
  "barcodes": [
    "5900779940536"
  ],
  "description": "Cutting attachment consisting of 6 knives. Product sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "The rivets attaching the cutting knives to the blade could break during use. The knives might consequently detach and hit the user. 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": "Warning consumers of the risks",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "28 Feb 2023"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "28 Feb 2023"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "28 Feb 2023"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks\nDate of entry into force: 28/02/2023\nType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: 28/02/2023\nType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 28/02/2023",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Hungary",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "5900779940536"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "00018528"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}