{
  "alert_number": "SR/03957/25",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-03957-25",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10096584",
  "safety_gate_published": "2025-11-06",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2025,
    "week": 46,
    "date": "2025-11-14"
  },
  "category": "Hobby/sports equipment",
  "product": "Dumbbell",
  "brand_as_notified": "Gymstick",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Gymstick",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/gymstick"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Studio Dumbbell 2 kg soft vinyl cover",
  "model": "61068-2",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "6430016903769",
  "barcodes": [
    "6430016903769"
  ],
  "description": "Dumbbell with metal core and black plastic (plasticised PVC) coating. Product sold online, in particular via www.gymstick.com.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The black plastic coating of plasticised PVC of the product has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (measured value: 25.5% by weight).This phthalate may harm the health by causing possible damage to the reproductive system. The product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation nor the REACH Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Stop of sales",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "10 Oct 2025"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "10 Oct 2025"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Stop of sales\nDate of entry into force: 10/10/2025\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 10/10/2025",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "6430016903769"
    ],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "61068-2"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}