{
  "alert_number": "SR/03900/25",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-03900-25",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10096513",
  "safety_gate_published": "2025-11-04",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2025,
    "week": 45,
    "date": "2025-11-07"
  },
  "category": "Toys",
  "product": "Balloons",
  "brand_as_notified": "Epokus",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Epokus",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/epokus"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "CX Colorful Confetti Balloons",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Balloons in various colours, some with confetti inside. Product sold online, in particular via Amazon (ASIN: B0CY2FCK2X).",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The balloons release an excessive amount of nitrosamines (measured total value: 0.94  mg/ kg), and nitrosatable substances (measured value: 4.56 mg/kg) which generate nitrosamines. Nitrosamines may cause cancer through ingestion or dermal exposure. A child could be exposed to them when touching or putting the product in the mouth. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-12.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": null
    },
    {
      "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): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: Unknown\nType 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": [
    "Amazon"
  ],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "CX Colorful Confetti Balloons"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}