{
  "alert_number": "SR/02929/26",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-02929-26",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10119249",
  "safety_gate_published": "2026-10-14",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2026,
    "week": 41,
    "date": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "category": "Toys",
  "product": "Balloons",
  "brand_as_notified": "Qualatex",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Qualatex",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/qualatex"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Ballons / Globos / Ballon",
  "model": "Pearl Emerald Green",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "071444437721",
  "barcodes": [
    "071444437721"
  ],
  "description": "Green latex balloons.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The balloons release an excessive amount of nitrosatable substances (measured total value: 1.8 mg/kg). Nitrosatable substances can be absorbed through the skin and mouth while playing and generate nitrosamines. Nitrosamines may cause cancer. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "3 Jul 2026"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 03/07/2026",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [
    "giftcrush.de"
  ],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "071444437721"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Pearl Emerald Green"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}