{
  "alert_number": "SR/02873/26",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-02873-26",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10119161",
  "safety_gate_published": "2026-10-08",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2026,
    "week": 41,
    "date": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Intimate care sponges",
  "brand_as_notified": "Levantiner",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Levantiner",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/levantiner"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Naturschwamm",
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "4009463500504",
  "barcodes": [
    "4009463500504"
  ],
  "description": "Sponge, intended for menstrual use in size small.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Health risk / other",
  "risk": "Although the product is accompanied by instructions on how to use, clean and store it, these contain no information on the risk of toxic shock syndrome (TSS), which can occur if consumers do not respect adequate personal hygiene and limit the wearing time. TSS has serious and acute health complications, including organ failure, caused by toxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus, bacteria naturally present on the skin that can propagate in the sponge.  The product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [
    "natuerlich-almo.de"
  ],
  "notifying_country": "Austria",
  "country_of_origin": "Germany",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "4009463500504"
    ],
    "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."
}