{
  "alert_number": "SR/03397/25",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-03397-25",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10095620",
  "safety_gate_published": "2025-09-26",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2025,
    "week": 40,
    "date": "2025-10-03"
  },
  "category": "Toys",
  "product": "Bubble producing toy",
  "brand_as_notified": "Unknown",
  "brands": [],
  "name": "BUBBLE CRAB",
  "model": "X18001",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "2504300332691",
  "barcodes": [
    "2504300332691"
  ],
  "description": "Bubble producing toy, in the shape of a red crab, intended for children aged 18 months and up. The toy blows bubbles from its mouth and bears suction cups on its back. Product sold online, in particular via Shein.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Choking",
  "risk": "Small parts (suction cups) can easily detach from the toy. A small child may put them in the mouth and choke on them.  The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-1.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "28 Jul 2025"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures\nDate of entry into force: 28/07/2025",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [
    "Shein"
  ],
  "notifying_country": "Cyprus",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "2504300332691"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "X18001"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}