Cosmetics, toys, electrical appliances make up majority of EU alerts on dangerous products 

According to the report, 97% of the cosmetics alerted to the system were found to contain butylphenyl methylpropional, a synthetic perfume ingredient known by the trade name Lilial, which has been banned from the EU market since 2022. File picture: Alamy

Cosmetics, toys, electrical appliances, and motor vehicles made up the majority of the 4,127 instances of dangerous non-food products reported to the EU's Safety Gate product tracker last year — the highest total reported since the system launched in 2003.

According to the European Commission's annual report on Safety Gate, the European rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products, cosmetics accounted for 36% of last year's alerts, followed by toys (15%), electrical appliances and equipment (10%), motor vehicles (9%), and chemical products (6%).