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Clothing accounts for most product safety alerts

11/11/2013
The European Union (EU) has confirmed that clothing products were the most likely to feature in the alerts it sends out in warnings about potential threats to consumer safety in 2012.

A system called RAPEX is in place to disseminate information on potentially dangerous products quickly and effectively. In 2012, the EU issued 2,278 RAPEX notifications, 34% of which were generated in response to concerns about clothing or textiles. Toys accounted for 19% of alerts and electrical equipment for 11%.

In 58% of cases, the products were imported to the EU from China or Hong Kong. To improve this situation, the EU has announced it will release a series of videos aimed at Chinese manufacturers and European importers to help them improve product safety.


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