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Safety Gate report: dangerous products in the EU
The year’s alerts in figures: product categories, hazards, countries of origin, and what an inspection checks.
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Every week, EU authorities flag the dangerous products they find on the market. Click an industry, then a hazard, then a photo to see what went wrong.
Safety Gate alerts per year
Click a year to explore itHatched: 2026 to date (2,793 alerts up to the week of 2 October, −22 % vs 2025 at the same date). Dashed line: same date in previous years.
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between two alerts, on average
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in the 5 industries covered by LPI
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of all flagged products were made in China
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Source: Safety Gate, the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products (European Commission). All product categories are included. Grouping by industry: LPI Quality. Defect descriptions are quoted as published.
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