Electrical Appliances & Equipment Recalls in the EU 2024–2026

A continuously-updated index of 1343 serious electrical appliances & equipment recalls across the EU (2024-01-05 – 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

Sweden 395
France 159
United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland 157
Hungary 119
Germany 96
Finland 80
Poland 55
Lithuania 54
Ireland 35
Slovakia 32
Italy 31
Denmark 23

Most recent serious recalls

2026-10-09 · Poland · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation. The product may overheat causing the insulating material to melt, leaving live parts accessible. The user can therefore easily access live parts and receive an e…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 69.7% by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Directive on t…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentrations of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: up to 2…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 32.5% by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 37.6 % by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of th…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 50.9 % by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of th…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium (measured values: up to 81.5% and 0.6 % by weight, respectively).Lead poses a risk to the environment. Cadmium bio-accumula…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic material of the cables has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), lead and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: u…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium (measured values up to 61.2% and 0.297% by weight, respectively).Cadmium bio-accumulates and poses a risk to the environmen…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 28.2 % by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of th…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentrations of dibutyl phthalate (DBP), lead and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: up to 6.1%, 0.24% and 1.4% by weight,…
2026-10-09 · France · Serious risk · official alert
The transparent cover of the product can be removed by hand without any tools by simply twisting it, leaving live parts easily accessible. The user could touch them and therefore receive an electric s…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), lead and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: up…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), lead and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: up to 6.35%, 0.23% and 0.6%…
2026-10-09 · Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The product's live and neutral connection markings are reversed and the user could use the wiring incorrectly. This could cause a fire and the user could receive an electric shock. The product does no…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium (measured values up to 78.6 % and 0.385 % by weight, respectively).Lead poses a risk to the environment. Cadmium bio-accumu…
2026-10-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 48.8% by weight).The plastic material of the cable has excessive concentrations of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate …
2026-10-02 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The USB ports can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receive an electric shock. The product d…
2026-10-02 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders of the product have an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value: 0.21% by weight).The USB cord has excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (measured value: …
2026-10-02 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium (measured values up to 75.8% and 0.34% by weight, repsecitvely).Lead poses a risk to the environment. Cadmium bio-accumulat…
2026-10-02 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value: up to 83.8 % by weight). The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phtha…
2026-10-02 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium (measured values up to 57.9 % and 0.14% by weight, respectively). Lead and cadmium poses a risk to the environment. The pro…
2026-10-02 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium (measured values up to 82.5% and 0.283% by weight, respectively). Lead poses a risk to the environment. Cadmium bio-accumul…
2026-10-02 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive amount of lead (measured values: up to 59.4% by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Comm…
2026-10-02 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 25.2% by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the…
2026-10-02 · Poland · Serious risk · official alert
The insulation, creepage and clearance distances between power and welding circuits are inadequate. The electrical strength of the device is also inadequate. The plug is inadequate taking into account…
2026-10-02 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receive an electric shock. The…
2026-10-02 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The USB ports can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receive an electric shock. The product d…
2026-10-02 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The mains plug does not meet dimensional requirements and may not make a secure connection with the socket, leading to fire. Moreover, the fuse lacks any granular filler and might fail, posing a risk …
2026-10-02 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-10-02 · Finland · Serious risk · official alert
The power socket is not adequately insulated and the clearance creepage distances between the primary and secondary circuits are insufficient.The user could touch live parts and receive an electric sh…
2026-10-02 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-10-02 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-10-02 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium (measured values up to 37,9% and 0.175% by weight, respectively). Lead poses a risk to the environment and cadmium bio-accu…
2026-10-02 · Spain · Serious risk · official alert
Due to incorrect product design, live parts are easily accessible. The user could touch the live parts and receive an electric shock. The product does not comply with General Product Safety Regulation…
2026-10-02 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The plug pins do not meet dimensional requirements and cannot make a secure connection to the socket. Additionally, the mains plug has an insufficient fuse, which could cause the product to overheat a…
2026-10-02 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The product's external build quality is poor, and the user may access live parts and receive an electric shock. Moreover, the product has poor quality connections to the microswitch, with crimps not c…
2026-10-02 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The plug face does not meet the dimensional requirements and the product is not sufficiently earthed. In the event of a fault, accessible metal parts could become live. The user could access these and…
2026-10-02 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-10-02 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-10-02 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-10-02 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-10-02 · France · Serious risk · official alert
The cord’s plug is not earthed and the removable power cord does not have the same number of poles on the connector side (2P + E) as on the plug side (2P). The user can receive an electric shock. The …
2026-09-25 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The plug fuse has insufficient granular filler and therefore does not meet requirements. If a fault occurs, without granular filler the plug may overheat and ignite, causing a fire. The product also h…
2026-09-25 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-09-25 · United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The plug does not meet dimensional requirements and has an underweight fuse. This could cause the product to overheat and ignite, leading to a fire. The product does not comply with the requirements o…
2026-09-25 · Finland · Serious risk · official alert
Due to inadequate design of the product, the user can easily touch live parts and receive an electric shock. The product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation nor with the Europea…
2026-09-25 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-09-25 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-09-25 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-09-25 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 27.8% by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the…
2026-09-25 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-09-25 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 0.82% by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the…
2026-09-25 · Germany · Serious risk · official alert
The product's insulation is inadequate. The user could touch live parts and receive an electric shock. Moreover, the casing can easily overheat and cause a fire. The product does not comply with the r…
2026-09-25 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The USB port can become live. Consequently, the user may receive an electric shock. The product does not comply with t…
2026-09-25 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-09-25 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-09-25 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-09-25 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports and the connected cable can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receiv…
2026-09-25 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The USB port can become live. Consequently, the user may receive an electric shock. The product does not comply with t…

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.