{
  "alert_number": "SR/02862/26",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-02862-26",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10119238",
  "safety_gate_published": "2026-10-08",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2026,
    "week": 41,
    "date": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "category": "Protective equipment",
  "product": "Buoyancy aid",
  "brand_as_notified": "GARVEE",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Garvee",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/garvee"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Buoyancy Aid",
  "model": "AGJ003",
  "batch": "26030976",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Buoyancy aid with adjustable belt as well as attached whistle. It is identified as a “life jacket” on the box but as a “buoyancy aid” on the product.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Drowning",
  "risk": "The product is marketed and packaged as a “life jacket”, despite being identified within the product documentation and markings as a 50N buoyancy aid. A buoyancy aid does not provide the same level of protection as a life jacket and requires active participation from the wearer to remain afloat, whereas a life jacket is designed to provide face-up flotation without user intervention. The misleading description may cause consumers to overestimate the level of protection offered and use the product in circumstances for which it is not suitable, increasing the risk of drowning.  The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Regulation (PPE).",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Import rejected at border",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": null
    },
    {
      "measure": "Destruction of the product",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at border\nDate of entry into force: Unknown\nType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "26030976"
    ],
    "models": [
      "AGJ003"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}