Malta issued 17 of the 2,435 EU-wide warning notices withdrawing products – ranging from toys to cars – that could be dangerous to consumers, according to a report published by the European Commission.
For the past 12 years, the Commission and EU member states have been working together to ensure that consumer goods placed on the European market are safe.
They use the rapid alert system to share information about dangerous non-food products withdrawn from the market or recalled anywhere in Europe. The system also triggers follow-up action, such as banning of sales, withdrawal, recall or import rejection by customs authorities.
In 2014, there were 2,755 such follow-up actions registered in the system, 27 of them in Malta.