{
  "alert_number": "SR/03346/25",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-03346-25",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10095902",
  "safety_gate_published": "2025-09-19",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2025,
    "week": 38,
    "date": "2025-09-19"
  },
  "category": "Other - Hygiene articles",
  "product": "Sponges for intimate care",
  "brand_as_notified": "natural intimacy",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Natural Intimacy",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/naturalintimacy"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Intimcare Sponges",
  "model": null,
  "batch": "EFL05252LU",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Light brown sea sponges intended for menstrual use.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Health risk / other",
  "risk": "The product is lacking instructions on the safe use of this product. The product may cause toxic shock syndrome (TSS), which is caused by toxins from the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, which is present on or in the human body, if inserted in the body for several hours.  The product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "3 Sep 2025"
    }
  ],
  "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: 03/09/2025",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Austria",
  "country_of_origin": "Greece",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "EFL05252LU"
    ],
    "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."
}