Trends
What is rising: official alerts by quarter
Official alerts and recalls per quarter, up to Q3 2026, by platform, product category and hazard. A quarter appears once it is complete.
Biggest rises on the previous quarter
- Hazard Electric shock154 → 209
- Category Protective equipment21 → 37
- Hazard Damage to sight16 → 29
- Category Hobby and sports equipment29 → 37
- Category Kitchen and cooking accessories8 → 15
- Category Laser pointers4 → 10
Platforms named
| Platform | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Change on previous quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 78 | 117 | 163 | 126 | 189 | 188 | 220 | 215 | −5 |
| AliExpress | 14 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 48 | 54 | 50 | −4 |
| Shein | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 22 | 32 | 51 | 36 | −15 |
| Temu | 8 | 13 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 40 | 23 | −17 |
| eBay | 18 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 60 | 19 | −41 |
| Walmart | 11 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 16 | −1 |
| TikTok Shop | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | +1 |
| Wish | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | +3 |
| Allegro | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | +6 |
| Bol | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | +5 |
| Fruugo | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | −1 |
| Cdiscount | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kaufland | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | −2 |
| Alibaba | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | −3 |
| Etsy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Otto | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Zalando | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Product categories
| Category | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Change on previous quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical appliances | 118 | 198 | 129 | 128 | 129 | 118 | 238 | 225 | −13 |
| Toys | 163 | 173 | 158 | 187 | 228 | 182 | 232 | 209 | −23 |
| Motor vehicles | 100 | 113 | 97 | 135 | 95 | 126 | 95 | 97 | +2 |
| Chemical products | 47 | 68 | 49 | 42 | 63 | 24 | 63 | 61 | −2 |
| Other | 27 | 45 | 52 | 40 | 46 | 56 | 60 | 59 | −1 |
| Cosmetics | 459 | 440 | 601 | 294 | 343 | 247 | 222 | 53 | −169 |
| Hobby and sports equipment | 24 | 27 | 46 | 21 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 37 | +8 |
| Protective equipment | 17 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 37 | +16 |
| Childcare articles | 65 | 51 | 41 | 24 | 44 | 53 | 44 | 35 | −9 |
| Clothing and textiles | 24 | 46 | 44 | 33 | 37 | 39 | 31 | 32 | +1 |
| Furniture | 20 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 35 | 26 | 29 | 31 | +2 |
| Lighting chains | 54 | 16 | 32 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 28 | 27 | −1 |
| Machinery | 7 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 50 | 23 | 32 | 25 | −7 |
| Lighting equipment | 14 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 22 | +4 |
| Kitchen and cooking accessories | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 15 | +7 |
| Jewellery | 39 | 31 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Laser pointers | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | +6 |
| Fireworks | 10 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 8 | −8 |
| Lighters | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | +3 |
| Decorative articles | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 6 | −10 |
| Communication and media equipment | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | +3 |
| Gadgets | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | +2 |
| Hand tools | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | −4 |
| Construction products | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | −3 |
| Measuring instruments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 |
| Stationery | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | −1 |
| Gas appliances | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | −3 |
| Pressure equipment vessels | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | −1 |
| Recreational craft | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Explosive atmosphere | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hazards
| Hazard | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Change on previous quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injuries | 187 | 239 | 239 | 235 | 246 | 271 | 325 | 311 | −14 |
| Chemical | 658 | 678 | 780 | 496 | 558 | 434 | 426 | 270 | −156 |
| Electric shock | 112 | 106 | 129 | 122 | 90 | 96 | 154 | 209 | +55 |
| Fire | 54 | 112 | 100 | 92 | 163 | 132 | 146 | 130 | −16 |
| Choking | 103 | 102 | 89 | 104 | 148 | 129 | 174 | 128 | −46 |
| Burns | 43 | 56 | 56 | 48 | 60 | 79 | 130 | 73 | −57 |
| Environment | 90 | 146 | 20 | 57 | 95 | 55 | 72 | 69 | −3 |
| Entrapment | 15 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 38 | 32 | 35 | 33 | −2 |
| Damage to sight | 19 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 29 | +13 |
| Other health risk | 8 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 19 | −1 |
| Drowning | 13 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 16 | +5 |
| Strangulation | 45 | 28 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 15 | −7 |
| Suffocation | 6 | 15 | 45 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 12 | −8 |
| Cuts | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 8 | −6 |
| Damage to hearing | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | +4 |
| Asphyxiation | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| Microbiological | 8 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | −3 |
| Other | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Security | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Electromagnetic disturbance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | −1 |
Actions taken
| Action | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Change on previous quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recalled from consumers | 427 | 454 | 445 | 412 | 483 | 467 | 563 | 512 | −51 |
| Withdrawn from the market | 457 | 398 | 285 | 364 | 368 | 264 | 316 | 396 | +80 |
| Removed from online marketplace | 66 | 66 | 128 | 99 | 176 | 159 | 223 | 167 | −56 |
| Consumers warned | 101 | 44 | 69 | 74 | 92 | 88 | 184 | 103 | −81 |
| Sales ban | 477 | 448 | 555 | 288 | 264 | 176 | 210 | 89 | −121 |
| Product destroyed | 42 | 74 | 94 | 95 | 124 | 116 | 90 | 69 | −21 |
| Import rejected at the border | 44 | 117 | 135 | 95 | 103 | 87 | 94 | 56 | −38 |
| Sales stopped | 34 | 27 | 24 | 36 | 29 | 43 | 68 | 51 | −17 |
| Other measure | 5 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 27 | 29 | +2 |
| Marketing subject to conditions | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | −4 |
| Warnings added to product | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Temporary ban on supply | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | −4 |
Pale figures: fewer than 5 alerts in the quarter, too few to read as a trend. Counts include EU and US records.