{
  "alert_number": "A12/02474/23",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-02474-23",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10010393",
  "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": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "Flail-type cutting attachments with 6 knifes",
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Flail type cutting attachment consisting of 6 knives.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "The rivets attaching the cutting knives to the blade could break. The knives might consequently detach during use and hit the user. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive nor with those of 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": "Destruction of the product",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "8 Mar 2023"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Warning consumers of the risks",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "8 Mar 2023"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "8 Mar 2023"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Confiscation of products",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "8 Mar 2023"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "8 Mar 2023"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product\nDate of entry into force: 08/03/2023\nType 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: 08/03/2023\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: 08/03/2023\nType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Confiscation of products\nDate of entry into force: 08/03/2023\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: 08/03/2023",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Hungary",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "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."
}