🛡️ EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) Product Alerts Scraper

🚀 Turn the EU Safety Gate rapid alert system into a clean feed of dangerous product alerts. Pull 24 fields per alert from a database of more than 31,000 notifications spanning 31 European countries.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-06-04 · 📊 24 fields per record · 31,000+ alerts · 31 countries · daily refreshed source

The EU Safety Gate (formerly RAPEX) is the European Union rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products. National authorities notify the European Commission whenever a product on their market poses a risk to consumer health and safety, and the Commission publishes those notifications for everyone. This Actor collects those alerts into structured records so you can monitor them at scale.

Coverage: every alert includes the product name, brand, category, risk type, the notifying country, the country of origin, the alert number, the alert date, the corrective measures taken, and a product image. You can filter by country, product category, risk level, keyword, and date range, then collect anywhere from a handful of alerts to the full historical archive.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Product safety and compliance teams	Monitor new alerts for your product categories
Importers, retailers, and marketplaces	Screen suppliers and listings against active alerts
Consumer protection researchers	Analyze risk trends across countries and categories
Brand protection and legal teams	Track counterfeit and non-compliant product notices

📋 What the EU Safety Gate Scraper does

This Actor reads the official Safety Gate (RAPEX) notification database and returns each alert as a structured record. It pulls the product details (name, brand, model, description, barcode), the risk assessment (risk level, risk types, risk and alert descriptions), the geography (notifying country, country of origin), the administrative metadata (alert number, alert date, alert group, counterfeit flag), the corrective measures ordered, and product images. Server side filters let you target a specific country, category, risk level, keyword, or date window before any data is collected.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
keyword	string	Free text search across product name, brand, and description
maxItems	integer	Maximum number of alerts to collect (free plan caps at 10)
country	select	Notifying country, one of 31 European countries
category	select	Product category as classified in Safety Gate
riskLevel	select	Serious risk, Other risk levels, or Other types of alerts
dateFrom	string	Only alerts on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)
dateTo	string	Only alerts on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD)

Example 1. Recent serious toy alerts

{
  "maxItems": 50,
  "category": "Toys",
  "riskLevel": "Serious risk"
}

Example 2. Keyword search within a date range

{
  "maxItems": 100,
  "keyword": "drone",
  "dateFrom": "2025-01-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-06-01"
}

⚠️ Good to Know: filters combine with AND logic. The source orders alerts by date, newest first, so leaving filters empty returns the most recent notifications first. Some optional fields such as brand, barcode, and batch number are blank on alerts where the authority did not record them.

📊 Output

Each record contains the following fields.

Field	Description
🖼 imageUrl	Primary product image hosted by the European Commission
📌 productName	Product name as recorded in the notification
⚠️ riskLevel	Serious risk, Other risk levels, or Other types of alerts
🔗 url	Link to the full alert detail page on Safety Gate
🔢 alertNumber	Official Safety Gate alert reference number
📅 alertDate	Date the alert was published
🏷 brand	Product brand
📦 category	Product category
🧩 productType	Short product type label
📝 productDescription	Description of the product
🆔 modelType	Model or type reference
☣️ riskTypes	List of risk types (for example Choking, Chemical)
🚨 riskDescription	Why the product is considered dangerous
📋 alertDescription	Detailed description of the defect
🌍 notifyingCountry	Country that issued the alert
🏭 originCountry	Country of origin of the product
👥 alertGroup	Consumer or Professional
🔁 counterfeit	Whether the product is counterfeit
🛠 measures	Corrective measures ordered
📊 barcode	Product barcode if recorded
🔖 batchNumber	Batch number if recorded
🖼 additionalImages	List of further product image URLs
✏️ modificationDate	When the notification was last modified
🕒 scrapedAt	When this record was collected

Real sample records

{
  "imageUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/public/api/notification/image/11009286",
  "productName": "CONSTRUCCIONES",
  "riskLevel": "Serious risk",
  "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10098916",
  "alertNumber": "SR/01505/26",
  "alertDate": "2026-05-29",
  "brand": "JUMBO GOULA",
  "category": "Toys",
  "productType": "Toy set",
  "riskTypes": ["Choking"],
  "notifyingCountry": "Spain",
  "originCountry": "People's Republic of China",
  "counterfeit": "Unknown",
  "measures": ["Measures ordered by public authorities (to: Retailer) Withdrawal of the product from market"],
  "barcode": "8410446502037"
}

{
  "imageUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/public/api/notification/image/11009308",
  "productName": null,
  "riskLevel": "Serious risk",
  "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10098933",
  "alertNumber": "SR/01503/26",
  "alertDate": "2026-05-29",
  "brand": "YOYOSO",
  "category": "Toys",
  "productType": "Soft toy with key ring",
  "riskTypes": ["Choking"],
  "notifyingCountry": "Austria",
  "originCountry": "People's Republic of China",
  "measures": ["Measures ordered by economic operators (to: Importer) Recall of the product from end users"],
  "barcode": "4010135400056"
}

{
  "imageUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/public/api/notification/image/11009292",
  "productName": "Noglering Key Ring",
  "riskLevel": "Serious risk",
  "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10098930",
  "alertNumber": "SR/01479/26",
  "alertDate": "2026-05-29",
  "brand": "Flying Tiger Copenhagen",
  "category": "Toys",
  "productType": "Key ring with toy",
  "riskTypes": ["Choking"],
  "notifyingCountry": "Austria",
  "originCountry": "People's Republic of China",
  "measures": ["Measures ordered by economic operators (to: Distributor) Recall of the product from end users"],
  "barcode": "200030694839"
}

✨ Why choose this Actor

• 24 structured fields per alert, including product images and the full corrective measures list.
• Filter by country, category, risk level, keyword, and date range before any data is collected.
• Built on the official European Commission open data, covering more than 31,000 alerts.
• Newest alerts first, so monitoring runs surface fresh notifications immediately.
• No login, no cookies, and no manual paging through the Safety Gate website.

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Filtering	Images	Maintenance
Browsing the Safety Gate website	Manual, page by page	Click each alert	High, no structured output
Hand built scrapers	Fragile, breaks on redesigns	Hard to extract	High
This Actor	Country, category, risk, keyword, date	Included per alert	Low, structured records

🚀 How to use

1. Sign up for a free Apify account using this link.
2. Open the EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) Product Alerts Scraper.
3. Set your filters (country, category, risk level, keyword, or date range) and a value for maxItems.
4. Click Start and let the run finish.
5. Collect your structured alerts from the run output or through the Apify API.

💼 Business use cases

Compliance monitoring

Goal	How this helps
Catch new alerts in your categories	Filter by category and risk level, run on a schedule
Document due diligence	Keep a structured archive of relevant notifications

Marketplace and retail screening

Goal	How this helps
Screen listings against alerts	Match product names and brands to active notifications
Vet suppliers	Track how often a brand or origin country appears

Risk and trend research

Goal	How this helps
Analyze risk patterns	Group alerts by risk type, category, and country
Study origin trends	Compare country of origin across thousands of alerts

Brand protection

Goal	How this helps
Spot counterfeit notices	Filter alerts flagged as counterfeit
Watch a brand name	Use keyword search to follow a specific brand

🔌 Automating EU Safety Gate Scraper

Connect runs and output to the tools you already use.

• Make and Zapier to trigger workflows on new alerts.
• Slack to post fresh notifications to a channel.
• Airbyte to load alerts into a warehouse.
• GitHub Actions to schedule recurring runs.
• Google Drive to archive collected records.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

• Research: study consumer safety trends across the EU single market.
• Personal: check whether a product you own has been flagged.
• Non-profit: support consumer advocacy and awareness campaigns.
• Experimentation: build dashboards and alerting prototypes on open data.

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Drop the output into your favorite assistant to summarize or analyze it.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What is the EU Safety Gate? It is the European Union rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products, formerly called RAPEX. National authorities report risky products and the European Commission publishes the alerts.

What is the difference between Safety Gate and RAPEX? RAPEX is the former name. The system was rebranded as Safety Gate, but many people still call the data RAPEX. They refer to the same alert system.

How many alerts are available? The source holds more than 31,000 alerts and grows as new notifications are published.

How fresh is the data? Alerts are returned newest first. The underlying source is updated regularly, and the most recent alerts in testing were only days old.

Which countries are covered? 31 European countries participate, including all EU member states plus Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom for legacy and Northern Ireland notifications.

Can I filter by product category? Yes. The category input lets you target categories such as Toys, Cosmetics, Electrical appliances and equipment, and many more.

Can I search by keyword? Yes. The keyword input searches across product name, brand, and description.

Can I limit results to a date range? Yes. Use dateFrom and dateTo in YYYY-MM-DD form to bound the alert date.

Why are some fields blank? Fields such as brand, barcode, and batch number are only filled when the notifying authority recorded them. Blanks reflect the source data, not a collection error.

Do alerts include images? Yes. Each alert returns a primary imageUrl, and many also include a list of additionalImages.

How many alerts can I collect? Free plans are limited to 10 alerts per run. Paid plans can collect up to 1,000,000.

Is this affiliated with the European Commission? No. This is an independent tool that collects publicly available data published by the Commission.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Every run produces structured records you can pull through the Apify API, connect to Make or Zapier, or load into your own database and dashboards.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the European Commission or the Safety Gate system. Only publicly available data is collected.