Cosmetics from China

295 EU Safety Gate alerts concern cosmetics made in China. The first dates from 6 February 2020, the latest from 1 October 2026. In the last four complete quarters there were 100, up from 71 in the four quarters before. The hazards named most often are chemical (95%), microbiological (2%) and other health risk (2%). Read from the official risk descriptions, the most common reasons are ingredient not allowed in cosmetics (99%), restricted chemical above the legal limit (11%) and allergen not declared on the label (5%). 13% of the EU alerts were marked as sold online, and 6% name an online marketplace, most often Amazon, Temu and AliExpress. The most common outcome was sales ban (57% of EU alerts); 87% included a measure ordered by an authority. Chemicals named in the official risk descriptions include lilial (BMHCA), lead and chromium (VI).