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DatasetData through week 39, 2026 · updated weekly← All recall statistics

Safety Gate alerts in 2020

2,213 alerts published by the European Commission in 2020, across 52 weekly reports — by product category, risk type, notifying country and country of origin.

Source: European Commission, Safety Gate. Aggregation: Conphora. Reuse with attribution.

Weekly reports
52
in 2020
Alerts 2020–2020
2,213
10.4 % of alerts
Peak year
2025
4,704 alerts
Per week
42.6
average, 2020

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Alerts per week, 2020

last 52 weekly reports, W1 – W52
200 150 100 50 0 W1W8W15W22W29W36W43W52 108
Table
WeekAlerts
2020 W01 · 3 January 202029
2020 W02 · 10 January 202024
2020 W03 · 17 January 202079
2020 W04 · 24 January 202060
2020 W05 · 31 January 202029
2020 W06 · 7 February 202054
2020 W07 · 14 February 202030
2020 W08 · 21 February 202045
2020 W09 · 28 February 202087
2020 W10 · 6 March 202037
2020 W11 · 13 March 202041
2020 W12 · 20 March 202043
2020 W13 · 27 March 202049
2020 W14 · 3 April 202034
2020 W15 · 10 April 202040
2020 W16 · 17 April 202026
2020 W17 · 24 April 202037
2020 W18 · 1 May 202052
2020 W19 · 8 May 202029
2020 W20 · 15 May 202045
2020 W21 · 22 May 202037
2020 W22 · 29 May 202054
2020 W23 · 5 June 202030
2020 W24 · 12 June 202032
2020 W25 · 19 June 202027
2020 W26 · 26 June 202044
2020 W27 · 3 July 202037
2020 W28 · 10 July 202078
2020 W29 · 17 July 202036
2020 W30 · 24 July 202034
2020 W31 · 31 July 202026
2020 W32 · 7 August 202026
2020 W33 · 14 August 202019
2020 W34 · 21 August 202021
2020 W35 · 28 August 202025
2020 W36 · 4 September 202022
2020 W37 · 11 September 202024
2020 W38 · 18 September 202026
2020 W39 · 25 September 202037
2020 W40 · 2 October 202026
2020 W41 · 9 October 202032
2020 W42 · 16 October 202044
2020 W43 · 23 October 202037
2020 W44 · 30 October 202025
2020 W45 · 6 November 202031
2020 W46 · 13 November 202027
2020 W47 · 20 November 202090
2020 W48 · 27 November 202095
2020 W49 · 4 December 202084
2020 W50 · 11 December 202036
2020 W51 · 18 December 202073
2020 W52 · 25 December 2020108

Alerts per month

2020
400 300 200 100 0 010203040506070809101112 301
Table
MonthAlerts
2020-01221
2020-02216
2020-03170
2020-04137
2020-05217
2020-06133
2020-07211
2020-0891
2020-09109
2020-10164
2020-11243
2020-12301

Product categories

share of 2,213 alerts
CategoryAlertsAlertsShare
Toys 599 27.1 %
Motor vehicles 482 21.8 %
Electrical appliances and equipment 227 10.3 %
Protective equipment 174 7.9 %
Clothing, textiles and fashion items 143 6.5 %
Cosmetics 94 4.2 %
Chemical products 70 3.2 %
Jewellery 70 3.2 %
Lighting chains 64 2.9 %
Childcare articles and children's equipment 61 2.8 %

Risk types

an alert can carry several risk types — shares add up to more than 100 %
Risk typeAlertsAlertsShare
Injuries 713 32.2 %
Chemical 522 23.6 %
Choking 360 16.3 %
Electric shock 270 12.2 %
Fire 240 10.8 %
Health risk / other 202 9.1 %
Burns 162 7.3 %
Strangulation 90 4.1 %
Cuts 51 2.3 %
Environment 45 2 %

Notifying countries

top 10 of 10
CountryAlertsAlertsShare
Germany 429 19.4 %
United Kingdom 281 12.7 %
Hungary 168 7.6 %
Poland 148 6.7 %
Belgium 119 5.4 %
Finland 100 4.5 %
France 100 4.5 %
Netherlands 87 3.9 %
Cyprus 84 3.8 %
Denmark 75 3.4 %

Countries of origin

top 10 of 10
Country of originAlertsAlertsShare
China 1,092 49.3 %
Unknown 275 12.4 %
Germany 189 8.5 %
France 76 3.4 %
United Kingdom 62 2.8 %
United States 56 2.5 %
Italy 47 2.1 %
Japan 41 1.9 %
Türkiye 38 1.7 %
Spain 32 1.4 %

Risk levels

2020
Risk levelsAlertsAlertsShare
Serious risk 1,930 87.2 %
Other types of alerts 161 7.3 %
Other risk levels 122 5.5 %

See also

Source: European Commission, Safety Gate. Aggregation: Conphora. Safety Gate on ec.europa.eu ↗ · Methodology

Cite this page
Conphora (2026). Safety Gate alerts in 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2026 from https://www.conphora.com/research/recall-statistics/2020/
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