Cosmetic recalls — August 2025: 98 Safety Gate alerts

In August 2025, the EU Safety Gate system published 98 cosmetic recall alerts. That is 81 fewer than the month before.

Substances most often behind the recalls

Regulated substances only (banned, restricted or allergens); the number is the count of that month's alerts in which the substance was detected.

• BUTYLPARABEN — 1
• DIBUTYL PHTHALATE — 1
• FORMALDEHYDE — 1
• HYDROQUINONE — 1
• ISOBUTYLPARABEN — 1

Notifying countries

• Italy — 50
• Czechia — 20
• Hungary — 17
• Germany — 4
• France — 3

Sample alerts from this month

• High & Tight Awesome Shine Hair Wax — DAX
• Royal Shaikh — Frago World
• Green & Gold Hair Wax — DAX
• Malak al Noor — Hub Sameen
• Aoud & Amber — Zoya Collection

The full searchable list: cosmetic recalls — alert browser. Aggregate trends: recalls in numbers. Check your own product in the INCI checker.

This recap is generated automatically from the European Commission's Safety Gate data (methodology: how BeautyGuard works).