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
2024-03-15 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value up to 0.6 % by weight).
Cadmium poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-03-15 · Italy · Serious risk · official alert
The live parts of the plugs are accessible when the plug is fully or partially connected to a socket. It is possible to insert a single pin of the plug into the adaptor. If only one of the pins is ins…
2024-03-08 · Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The product is poorly constructed and overheats and melts during operation, causing burns.…
2024-03-08 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic in the keyboard has an excessive concentration of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) (measured value up to 0.2%). PBDEs might cause neurodevelopmental behavioural defects and are very …
2024-03-08 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 17% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-03-08 · Poland · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 0.23%). Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-03-08 · Italy · Serious risk · official alert
The live parts of the plugs are accessible when the plug is fully or partially connected to a socket. It is possible to insert a single pin of the plug into the adaptor. If only one of the pins is ins…
2024-03-01 · Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The USB charging wire may overheat and catch fire during use and cause burns to the user.…
2024-03-01 · Cyprus · Serious risk · official alert
The RCBO does not trip in case of sudden appearance of residual current. A person that touches a part of the electrical installation equipped with this RCBO can receive an electric shock.…
2024-03-01 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic material of the cable has excessive concentrations of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), lead and short chain chlorinated paraffines (SCCPs) (measured values up t…
2024-03-01 · Cyprus · Serious risk · official alert
A user who touches a part of this electrical installation, equipped with a Residual Current Breaker with Over-Current, can receive an electric shock.…
2024-03-01 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead. (measured value up to 63% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment.
The plastic material of the cable has an excessive con…
2024-03-01 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 60.7% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-03-01 · Lithuania · Serious risk · official alert
The electrical insulation is inadequate. As a result the user can receive an electric shock.…
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 55% by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 61.2 % by weight). The plastic parts have an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (mea…
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value: up to 71.2 % by weight). The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phtha…
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 53.9% by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have excessive concentrations of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCP) (measured values up to 1.63% and 1.5% by weight, respectivel…
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 12.1 % by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium (measured values: up to 80.3% and 0.25% by weight, respectively). Lead poses a risk to the environment. Cadmium bio-accumul…
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value up to 0.3% by weight). Cadmium bio-accumulate and poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic material of the product has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (measured values: 2.51% and 0.92% by weight, respectively). Additi…
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 72.2% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-23 · Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
Inadequate insulation of the product means that the metal components could become live. A user could touch the live parts and receive an electric shock.
Poor construction of the product could result…
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (measured value up to 12 % by weight) and short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 0.2 % …
2024-02-23 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 72.3% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-16 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 47% by weight).
The plastic material of the cable has excessive concentrations of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (…
2024-02-16 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 56%). The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of lead, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and of …
2024-02-16 · Ireland · Serious risk · official alert
The electrical insulation is inadequate. The user may receive an electric shock.…
2024-02-16 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 74.4% by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-16 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium (measured values: up to 45 % and 0.12 % by weight, respectively). Lead poses a risk to the environment. Cadmium is harmful …
2024-02-16 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 80 % by weight).
The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of lead, bis(2-ethylhexyl) ph…
2024-02-16 · Denmark · Serious risk · official alert
The creepage distance and clearing distance between live parts and accessible metal is insufficient. A user could receive an electric shock from accessible live parts.…
2024-02-16 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 52.7% by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 70.3% by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.
The plastic material of the cable has an excessive con…
2024-02-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to: 74.5 % by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.
The plastic material of the cable has excessive con…
2024-02-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead and cadmium (measured values: up to 67% and 0.13% by weight, respectively). Lead poses a risk to the environment. Cadmium is harmful …
2024-02-09 · Lithuania · Serious risk · official alert
The electrical insulation is inadequate. As a result, the user can receive an electric shock.…
2024-02-09 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
Live part of the product (the spiral of the flash tube) may be accessible. A user may touch the spiral while inserting or removing the product's lamp and receive an electric shock.…
2024-02-09 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 8.43% by weight)
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-09 · Lithuania · Serious risk · official alert
The electrical insulation is inadequate. As a result, the user can receive an electric shock.…
2024-02-09 · Lithuania · Serious risk · official alert
The electrical insulation is inadequate. As a result, the user can receive an electric shock.…
2024-02-09 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
Live part of the product (the spiral of the flash tube) may be accessible. A user may touch the spiral while inserting or removing the product's lamp and receive an electric shock.…
2024-02-01 · Lithuania · Serious risk · official alert
The electrical insulation is inadequate and the clearance/creepage distances between the primary circuit and the accessible secondary circuits are not sufficient. As a result, the user can receive an …
2024-02-01 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders on the product's printed circuit board (PCB) have excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium (measured values up to 69.7% and 0.24% by weight, respectively).
Lead poses a risk to the en…
2024-02-01 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 2.8% by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-01 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 51.6% by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-01 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 56.3% by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-01 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 25% by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-01 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product's printed circuit board (PCB) have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 54.5% by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-02-01 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead. (measured value: up to 75 % by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.
The product also has an excessive concentration of sh…
2024-01-26 · Italy · Serious risk · official alert
The live parts of the plugs are accessible when the plug is fully or partially connected to a socket and it is possible to partially insert just one pin of the plug into the adaptor. A user could touc…
2024-01-26 · Finland · Serious risk · official alert
The electrical insulation and the creepage distance between the primary circuit and the accessible secondary circuits are not sufficient. A user could receive an electric shock from accessible live pa…
2024-01-26 · Italy · Serious risk · official alert
The live parts of the plugs are accessible when the plug is fully or partially connected to a socket. It is possible to insert a single pin of the plug into the adaptor. If only one of the pins is ins…
2024-01-26 · Finland · Serious risk · official alert
The electrical insulation and the creepage distance between the primary circuit and the accessible secondary circuits are not sufficient. A user could receive an electric shock from accessible live pa…
2024-01-19 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders on the printed circuit board (PCB) have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 0.6 % by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment…
2024-01-19 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 26% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-01-19 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders on the printed circuit board (PCB) have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 24 % by weight).
Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-01-19 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 8% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
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.