Yes.
I get an email every week from the European Commission’s Safety Gate that lists some of the most dangerous products that were recently pulled from the market. These alerts are for products stopped in customs before they enter the market as well as products that passed customs but were later found to be non-compliant with one or more EU regulations.
The email arrives at about 8 or 9 PM EST every Thursday evening. And this week’s list of alerts contains a few products stopped for RoHS non-compliance. Below are three examples.
First up is Alert no. SR/00202/25. This electric toothbrush was discovered to have DEHP phthalates (1.7%), lead (0.34%), SCCPs (1.6%), and lead in solder as high as 61%. These substances are restricted to 0.1% per homogeneuos material, so, every little piece, even the individual bristles must comply.
This product has now been removed from the market, see below.
Next is Alert no. SR/00191/25. This is for a 12 VDC power supply that was caught with too many substances for me to list. Below is a picture of the power supply and then the reasons they stopped it.
Third is Alert no. A12/03293/24. The product is a wireless Bluetooth speaker. It has an FCCID and they claim it can be used in a shower – so presumably it has had IP Testing as well. As a compliance professional, that tells me that this product probably had a lot of testing and evaluation. It is a shame that someone’s marketing plans are ruined because one of the least expensive parts of the compliance process was overlooked.
It is interesting to note that they stopped this product for having leaded solder. There are some exemptions for lead – namely 7(a) that allows for the use of 85% lead in high-temperature solders. This is information you can glean during the design phase of your project by working with a compliance lab, like F2 Labs.
This is the current page for that product on Amazon.
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