{
  "alert_number": "SR/01146/26",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-01146-26",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10098600",
  "safety_gate_published": "2026-04-15",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2026,
    "week": 15,
    "date": "2026-04-17"
  },
  "category": "Decorative articles",
  "product": "Expandable beads",
  "brand_as_notified": "Comforder",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Comforder",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/comforder"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Water Beads",
  "model": "I4S K50g",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "8721046700861",
  "barcodes": [
    "8721046700861"
  ],
  "description": "Multicoloured water beads, which grow when immersed in water. Product sold online, in particular via Amazon (ASIN: B0D1KMJBWF).",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Choking",
  "risk": "The product expands in size when in contact with water. If a child puts the product in the mouth or swallows it, contact with saliva or stomach liquids will cause the product to expand, which can result in occlusion of the respiratory tract or intestinal blockage. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Warning consumers of the risks",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    },
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks\nDate of entry into force: Unknown\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [
    "Amazon"
  ],
  "notifying_country": "United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "8721046700861"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "I4S K50g"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}