Lighters from China
17 official alerts and recalls concern lighters made in China, 5 of them in 2025 (data to 1 October 2026).
17 EU Safety Gate alerts concern lighters made in China. The first dates from 3 November 2020, the latest from 29 September 2026. In the last four complete quarters there were 2, down from 6 in the four quarters before. The hazards named most often are burns (88%), fire (76%) and electric shock (6%). Read from the official risk descriptions, the most common reasons are too flammable (6%) and missing warnings or child-resistant closure (6%). 0% of the EU alerts were marked as sold online, and 0% name an online marketplace. The most common outcome was withdrawn from the market (94% of EU alerts); 94% included a measure ordered by an authority.
- Alerts per €1B of EU imports, 2025
- –
- Sold online
- 0%
- Name a marketplace
- 0%
- Marked counterfeit
- 0%
No rate: fewer than 5 alerts in 2025, or less than €50M of EU imports, or no clean customs-code match for this category.
Rates divide EU Safety Gate alerts by the value of extra-EU imports in the same customs codes (UN Comtrade, EU-27, converted from US dollars at the ECB annual average rate). They measure how often regulators flag products from this origin against the trade in them, not the share of products that are unsafe.
Official alerts and recalls per quarter
EU Safety GateQ4 2026 is incomplete: counted to 1 October 2026.
Show the numbers by year
| Year | EU Safety Gate | US CPSC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to date) | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
Which authorities flag it
- Cyprus7
- Czechia4
- Lithuania3
- Hungary1
What happened to the products
- Withdrawn from the market94%
- Sales ban24%
- Recalled from consumers18%
- Import rejected at the border6%
Latest alerts
Download these 17 alerts (CSV) English column names; reuse with attribution to the official sources.
| Date | Product | Platform | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Novelty lighterPistol Lightermodel 80827 · barcode 8538249808276 Recalled from consumers · Withdrawn from the market ordered | SR/02711/26 | |
| 2025-10-22 | LighterPROF TURBO FLAMELESS PARTYBrand: PolyFlame · model DL 50 · barcode 3661075169619 · batch 39078 Why: Too flammableWithdrawn from the market ordered | SR/03694/25 | |
| 2025-09-23 | Novelty lighterLIGHTERBrand: Zhong Long · model FUZE M217 / ME175B / 008-803 / M26A2 Withdrawn from the market ordered | SR/03380/25 | |
| 2025-05-21 | Novelty lighterZapalovač neobvyklého tvaru malý granátBrand: ZHONG LONG® · model Fuze M223/ M26 A2 Sales ban · Withdrawn from the market ordered | SR/01870/25 | |
| 2025-05-08 | Novelty lighterZapalovač neobvyklého typu rudá rtěnkaBrand: MXM · model P10-X08 Sales ban · Withdrawn from the market ordered | SR/01796/25 | |
| 2025-02-12 | Novelty lighterLighter classic fashionablemodel Unknown Import rejected at the border | SR/00648/25 | |
| 2024-12-17 | Novelty lighterZapalovač ve tvaru pěti hracích kostekBrand: Neuvedena · model PG2479K98 · barcode 8592023024795 Sales ban · Recalled from consumers · Withdrawn from the market ordered | SR/03726/24 | |
| 2024-12-17 | Novelty lighterZapalovač YoMin rtěnkaBrand: Yomin · model ST8333K54 Sales ban · Recalled from consumers · Withdrawn from the market ordered | SR/03746/24 | |
| 2024-09-17 | Novelty lighterChocolate/CHOCOBrand: JMING · barcode 6920081218017A Withdrawn from the market ordered | A12/02688/24 | |
| 2023-11-28 | Novelty lighterFOCUSBrand: Focus · model JD-YH098 · barcode 6940681670991 Withdrawn from the market ordered | A12/02929/23 | |
| 2021-09-23 | Novelty LighterFUZE M217 ME175B 008-803Brand: Zhong Long · model 803 · barcode 6600080170125 Withdrawn from the market ordered | A12/01334/21 | |
| 2021-09-14 | Novelty LighterBrand: AK · barcode 6600656000023 Withdrawn from the market ordered | A12/01310/21 | |
| 2021-09-02 | Novelty lighterBrand: MXM China · model P10-X08 Withdrawn from the market ordered | A12/01276/21 | |
| 2021-07-15 | Novelty lighterBrand: Deltasun · model 2М-14441 30 · barcode 8 697440 356266 Withdrawn from the market ordered | A12/00702/21 | |
| 2021-02-11 | LighterICE HOUSEBrand: Profisa · barcode 6958731 901063 Why: Missing warnings or child-resistant closureWithdrawn from the market ordered | A12/00186/21 | |
| 2020-11-03 | Novelty Lighters · barcode 100000000434 Withdrawn from the market ordered | A12/01458/20 | |
| 2020-11-03 | Novelty lighter · barcode 300000013308 Withdrawn from the market ordered | A12/01457/20 |