{
  "alert_number": "A12/1563/18",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-1563-18",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/336585",
  "safety_gate_published": "2018-10-18",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2018,
    "week": 43,
    "date": "2018-10-26"
  },
  "category": "Toys",
  "product": "Expanding toys",
  "brand_as_notified": "Unknown",
  "brands": [],
  "name": null,
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "3 different types of expanding toys sold in bulk in clear plastic bags with no warnings or any other markings.  The products are sold online (for example, via AliExpress).",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Choking",
  "risk": "The products expand in size by more than 50% when placed in water.  If the small balls are put into the mouth by children and swallowed by children, they could expand causing fatal occlusion of the respiratory tract or intestinal blockage. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Authority warning consumers of the risk",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "10 Sep 2018"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Removal of the products from the AliExpress platform",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "14 Sep 2018"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Authority warning consumers of the risk\nDate of entry into force: 10/09/2018\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other\nCategory of measure(s): Removal of the products from the AliExpress platform\nDate of entry into force: 14/09/2018",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [
    "AliExpress"
  ],
  "notifying_country": "Finland",
  "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."
}