Childcare Articles & Children's Equipment Recalls in the EU 2024–2026
A continuously-updated index of 324 serious childcare articles & children's equipment recalls across the EU (2024-01-12 – 2026-11-06), compiled from the EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) and national consumer-protection authorities. Each entry links to the official government alert.
Where these recalls were reported
| France | 67 |
| United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland | 64 |
| Germany | 51 |
| Ireland | 19 |
| Bulgaria | 14 |
| Sweden | 11 |
| Spain | 10 |
| The Netherlands | 10 |
| Poland | 9 |
| Norway | 8 |
| Slovakia | 8 |
| Slovenia | 6 |
Most recent serious recalls
2025-02-28 · Belgium · Serious risk · official alert
The product is too long and can become trapped during various activities of a child, leading to strangulation. Furthermore, the garment fastener of the soother holder is protruding. A small child can …
2025-02-28 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The product has a small part (the label on the restraint strap) which can easily detach. A young child may put it in the mouth and choke.…
2025-02-28 · Belgium · Serious risk · official alert
The garment fastener of the soother holder is protruding. A small child can put it in the mouth and choke.…
2025-02-28 · Germany · Serious risk · official alert
The product bears a too long cord that can become trapped during various activities of a child, leading to strangulation.…
2025-02-28 · Germany · Serious risk · official alert
The product bears a too long cord that can become trapped during various activities of a child, leading to strangulation.…
2025-02-21 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic material of the product has an and excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values up to 14.78% and 0.28% by w…
2025-02-21 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The cot can overturn in the rocking configuration leading to injuries of the child.…
2025-02-21 · Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The soother can break apart, releasing small parts. A small child may put them in the mouth and choke.
Moreover, the soother contains volatile compounds. These can cause irritation, headaches, organ d…
2025-02-21 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The label on the restraint strap can easily detach. A small child may put the label in the mouth and choke.…
2025-02-21 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 72.6 % by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2025-02-21 · Germany · Serious risk · official alert
The product bears a too long cord that can become trapped during various activities of a child, leading to strangulation.…
2025-02-21 · Germany · Serious risk · official alert
The product bears a too long cord that can become trapped during various activities of a child, leading to strangulation.…
2025-02-21 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The product has a label that can easily detach. A small child can put it i the mouth and choke.…
2025-02-21 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The teat of the soother can break or detach, releasing small parts. A small child may put it in the mouth and choke.…
2025-02-21 · Germany · Serious risk · official alert
The product bears a too long cord that can become trapped during various activities of a child, leading to strangulation.…
2025-02-14 · Croatia · Serious risk · official alert
The product has small parts (the teat) which may easily detach. A child may put it into the mouth and choke.…
2025-02-14 · Croatia · Serious risk · official alert
The product has small parts (the teat) which may easily detach. A child may put it into the mouth and choke. In addition, the ventilation holes on the product's shield can be obstructed by the ring's …
2025-02-14 · Lithuania · Serious risk · official alert
The soother holder does not have the required ventilation holes, leading to suffocation. The clasp of the soother holder is protruding. A small child can put it in the mouth and choke.…
2025-02-07 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The stroller’s restraint system does not have a crotch restraint . As a result, the child would not be properly secured, can fall and be injured. Moreover, the product has a label which can easily det…
2025-02-07 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The stroller’s restraint system did not have a crotch restraint. The child is therefore not properly secured, and can fall and suffer injuries.
The product has also a label which can easily detach. A …
2025-02-07 · Lithuania · Serious risk · official alert
The beads of the soother holder do not have the required ventilation holes. Small children can put them in the mouth and choke.…
2025-02-07 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The stroller’s restraint system does not have a crotch restraint. The child is therefore not properly secured, can fall and be injured. The product has also a label that can easily detach, producing a…
2025-02-07 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The product has a small part (the label on the restraint strap) which can easily detach. A young child may put it in the mouth and choke.
Moreover, the product’s restraint system does not have the cro…
2025-01-31 · Belgium · Serious risk · official alert
The beads of the soother holder do not have the required ventilation holes. Furthermore, they can be loosened. Small children can put them in the mouth and choke.…
2025-01-31 · France · Serious risk · official alert
The necklace does not open and could therefore wind around the neck of the child, leading to strangulation. Moreover, the necklace can easily break, resulting in small parts (the beads). A small child…
2025-01-31 · Bulgaria · Serious risk · official alert
The armchair is not sufficiently stable and may tip over while the child is seated. This can lead to falls and injuries.…
2025-01-17 · France · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks the necessary warnings and user instructions and can therefore overheat when heated in a microwave oven. This can result in any child that uses the product suffering burns.…
2025-01-17 · Croatia · Serious risk · official alert
The crotch restraint system of the high chair is weak which may cause the child to slip of the seat if he/she moves. This may cause the child’s head to get stuck between the tray and the seat of the h…
2025-01-10 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The distance between the bumpers and the cot side or the mattress is too large. A small child limbs or head can get trapped in between.. Moreover, The attachment straps between the bumpers and mattres…
2025-01-10 · Spain · Serious risk · official alert
The corners of the cot are protruding. A small child can put it in the mouth and choke. Additionally, the gaps in the corners of the cot are too large, the limbs of a small child can get trapped in t…
2024-12-20 · Germany · Serious risk · official alert
The product has only a crotch restraint on the belt, not between the seat and the bar. Consequently, if the belt is not used, the child might slip through the opening between the bar and the seat and …
2024-12-20 · Germany · Serious risk · official alert
The high-chair is not sufficiently stable and may tip over while the child is seated.…
2024-12-20 · Cyprus · Serious risk · official alert
The high chair is not sufficiently stable and can easily tip over. A child may fall and suffer injuries.…
2024-12-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The strength of the baby walker is inadequate and there is no proper protection against falls from stairs. This can cause injuries to a child.…
2024-12-06 · Slovakia · Serious risk · official alert
The slats in the bottom may break easily. Due to insufficient depth of the assembly holes, also the columns on the side may break easily, creating accessible holes where the limbs or head of a child c…
2024-12-06 · Slovakia · Serious risk · official alert
The strength of the locking system of the movable side panel is insufficient. In addition, the distance between the footholds and the top of the cot is not sufficient. The child could easily get out o…
2024-12-06 · Slovakia · Serious risk · official alert
The cot has sharp accessible edges on a plastic cover on the upper edge of the moving side. These could cause cuts. There are also accessible gaps on the moving side of the cot. The fingers of the chi…
2024-12-06 · Slovakia · Serious risk · official alert
The snag points of the cot are protruding. Cords (from clothing or a soother holder) could get entangled around the snag point, leading to strangulation.…
2024-12-06 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The steering tube fixing mechanism is not sufficiently stable. The wheels are too small and could get stuck in holes in the ground. These could cause the child to lose balance and fall off, leading t…
2024-11-29 · Slovakia · Serious risk · official alert
The slats may become detached and create an opening. The limbs, head or neck of the child may get stuck and the child may consequently suffer injuries. Moreover, cords can get entangled around snag po…
2024-11-29 · Slovakia · Serious risk · official alert
The slats may become detached and create an opening. The limbs, head or neck of the child may get trapped and the child may consequently suffer injuries, or strangulation.…
2024-11-29 · Slovakia · Serious risk · official alert
The distance between the footholds and the top of cot sides and ends is too small. The child may fall out of the cot and suffer injuries.…
2024-11-29 · Bulgaria · Serious risk · official alert
The high chair lacks an active restraint system. A child may fall and suffer injuries.…
2024-11-29 · Bulgaria · Serious risk · official alert
The chair in the product can easily break, causing the user to fall, which could lead to injuries. Moreover,
the chair has sharp edges and corners on the back, seat, and legs.…
2024-11-22 · Bulgaria · Serious risk · official alert
The high chair lacks an active restraint system and is not sufficiently stable and can easily tip over. The child may fall and suffer injuries.…
2024-11-22 · France · Serious risk · official alert
The clothing fastener device of the soother can easily break, resulting in small parts. Small children may put them in the mouth and choke. Moreover, the soother holder and its double-strand part is t…
2024-11-22 · Slovakia · Serious risk · official alert
The distance between the slats of the cot base is too big. The limbs, head or neck of the child may get stuck and cause subsequent injuries, e.g. up to suffocation when the neck is stuck between the h…
2024-11-22 · France · Serious risk · official alert
The garment fastener of the soother holder can easily break, resulting in small parts. Small children may put them in the mouth and choke. In addition, the product has holes that may lead to finger en…
2024-11-22 · France · Serious risk · official alert
The necklace can easily break, resulting in small parts (the beads). A small child may put them in the mouth and choke.…
2024-11-22 · France · Serious risk · official alert
The necklace can easily break, releasing small parts (the beads). A small child may put them in the mouth and choke.…
2024-11-22 · France · Serious risk · official alert
The soother holder is too long, which may lead to strangulation of a child. Moreover, the chain can easily break, resulting in small parts. Small children may put them in the mouth and choke.…
2024-11-22 · Bulgaria · Serious risk · official alert
The high chair is not sufficiently stable and can easily tip over. A child may fall and suffer injuries.…
2024-11-22 · Bulgaria · Serious risk · official alert
The soother holder is too long, which may lead to strangulation of a child. Moreover, the chain can easily break, resulting in small parts. Small children may put them in the mouth and choke.…
2024-11-22 · Bulgaria · Serious risk · official alert
The soother holder is too long, which may lead to strangulation of a child.…
2024-11-22 · Romania · Serious risk · official alert
The product bears cords with free ends in the neck area. These drawstrings can become trapped during various activities of a child, leading to injuries or strangulation.…
2024-11-15 · Austria · Serious risk · official alert
The ring on the shield can easily detach from it, releasing small parts. A small child may put it in the mouth and choke.…
2024-11-15 · France · Serious risk · official alert
The necklace does not open and can therefore wind around the neck of the child, leading to strangulation. Furthermore, the necklace can easily break, releasing small parts (the beads). A small child m…
2024-11-15 · Bulgaria · Serious risk · official alert
The product's parking brake does not work correctly. This can lead to an accident causing injuries.…
2024-11-15 · France · Serious risk · official alert
The sides of the cot cannot stop a moving baby to go out of the cot. A child may fall out of the basket and can suffer injuries.…
2024-11-15 · Estonia · Serious risk · official alert
Small parts (garment fastener) can easily detach from the product. A small child may put them in the mouth and choke.…
Methodology & sources. Aggregated from official EU and national recall registers (primarily the EU Safety Gate / RAPEX) and reflecting each authority's own classification. ProductGuru is an independent information service, not a government body, and gives no medical, legal or financial advice — always consult the official source. Serious-risk consumer-goods recalls from 2024 onward. Free to cite with attribution.