{
  "alert_number": "SR/04145/25",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-04145-25",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10096844",
  "safety_gate_published": "2025-11-20",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2025,
    "week": 48,
    "date": "2025-11-28"
  },
  "category": "Toys",
  "product": "Expandable toy",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "XL Water Gel Beads",
  "model": "E10262",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Set of 1800 water beads which grow when immersed in water. Product sold online, in particular via www.desertcart.be.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Choking, Injuries",
  "risk": "The product expands more than 50% in size when in contact with water. If a child puts the product in their mouth or swallows it, contact with saliva or stomach liquids will cause the product to expand, which can result in occlusion of the respiratory tract or intestinal blockage. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "23 Sep 2025"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type 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: 23/09/2025",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "E10262"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}