There are hairdryers that overheat easily, or street lamps that cannot withstand the rain. As online shopping becomes more common in Europe, recalling defective products becomes more difficult and consumers become even more vulnerable to the risks of a product failing to perform its function or, worse, endangering those who use it , reports Euronews, quoted. by Rador.

European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, who presented the EU’s annual report on dangerous goods called “Security Gate”, believes that the mechanism for detecting defective goods works quite well.

“Last year we discovered a lot of dangerous products, but we saw that the big online stores were able to remove these products from their platforms very quickly, in less than two working days,” Reynders told Euronews.

According to the report, of all products labeled as dangerous in the European market, 50% come from China, 22% come from the European Economic Area (EU countries plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) and 28% from the rest of the world.

Most of them have a chemical hazard or a risk of injury or suffocation during use. Toys lead the list, but cars are also among the recalled products.

Among the goods marked as dangerous in 2022 are sanitary masks that do not meet the minimum requirements or children’s cameras that contain excessive amounts of chemicals harmful to the reproductive system and kidneys.

All the intercepted products were withdrawn from sale, and many of them were recalled directly by the manufacturers in order to eliminate the defects.