Almost 2,500 items, including toys, cars, clothing and jewellery had to be removed from the EU market following safety checks, with the majority them having been produced in Germany.
According to the European Commission, 296 of the 2,435 items that were identified as being potentially harmful under the ECs Rapid Alert System came from Germany.
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Seventy-five different goods from Germany had to be withdrawn from the market.
Shoes, leather goods, toys and childcare items can contain toxic plastic softeners, and fashion jewellery poses the most risk.
A breakdown of countries selling dangerous stuff on the market reveals that Germany was the biggest producer inside the EU with 75 different products that had to be withdrawn. The next offender was Italy, followed by Britain.
China, however, remains the biggest offender when it comes to producing large quantities of products that are later withdrawn from European markets over safety fears.
The majority of potentially hazardous products were toys, followed by clothing and electrical appliances. Twenty-five percent contained dangerous chemicals — 9 percent could cause strangulation.
Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commissioner, Vera Jourova, presented the report in Brussels.
