Cosmetic recalls — October 2025: 119 Safety Gate alerts

In October 2025, the EU Safety Gate system published 119 cosmetic recall alerts. That is 78 more 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.

• METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE — 5
• METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE — 5
• HYDROQUINONE — 3
• DIBUTYL PHTHALATE — 2
• HYDROGEN PEROXIDE — 1
• CANNABINOL — 1

Notifying countries

• Italy — 70
• Czechia — 26
• Hungary — 6
• Ireland — 5
• France — 5

Sample alerts from this month

• Gift for Her — DORALL Collection
• Echo woman — Davidoff
• Sex uni sex — INTESA
• Special Edition — Diadora
• Il fondotinta idra-attivo — Deborah

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).