Valentine’s Day Safety Alert in the InfoCons App : Over 25 Alerts on Risky Jewelry in the Past 40 Days
Every year on February 14, Valentine’s Day is celebrated, recognized as the holiday of love, and consumers in love usually give each other various gifts such as perfumes, chocolate, jewelry, and much more.
Today, InfoCons, through the Free European App, helps you quickly and easily choose the perfect gift by simply scanning the barcode! The InfoCons App is a useful tool for consumers, enabling them to make informed purchasing decisions!
European Alerts for non-compliant products can be found directly in the European Consumer Protection App InfoCons.
From the beginning of 2026 to the present, 25 alerts related to various jewelry items have been issued at the European level, all of these alerts involving different risks.
The risk associated with jewelry, according to the European Alerts available in the InfoCons Consumer Protection App, is:
- 100% of the jewelry items presented a CHEMICAL RISK
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Countries of origin of the jewelry subject to alerts are:
- 56% – People’s Republic of China
- 44% – Unknown
InfoCons provides you with the most recent European Alerts for non-compliant jewelry products, such as:
Product: Jewelry set
Product description: Jewelry set, including silver-colored earrings and a paw-shaped necklace. Product sold online, mainly via AliExpress.
Type of risk: Chemical risk
The nickel release rate is too high (measured value up to 0.75 μg/cm²/week). Nickel is a strong sensitizer and causes allergic reactions when present in articles that come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin. The product is not compliant with the REACH Regulation.
Product: Necklace
Product description: Silver-colored multi-strand choker necklace with rhinestones. Product sold online, mainly via HobbyHall.fi.
Type of risk: Chemical risk
The product has an excessive concentration of lead (measured value: 23.8% by weight). Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body, may induce developmental neurotoxicity, and may also harm unborn or breastfed children. The product is not compliant with the REACH Regulation.
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Product: Pendant
Product description: Pendant medallion. Product sold online, mainly via HobbyHall.fi (ID: 90240198).
Type of risk: Chemical risk
The product has an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value: 45.3% by weight). Cadmium is harmful to human health as it accumulates in the body, can damage the kidneys and bones, and may cause cancer. The product is not compliant with the REACH Regulation.
Product: Ring
Name: Ring in a box
Product description: Silver-colored ring with a transparent stone.
Type of risk: Chemical risk
The product contains an excessive amount of cadmium (measured value: 43%) and lead (measured value: 0.098%). Cadmium is harmful to human health as it accumulates in the body, can damage the kidneys and bones, and may cause cancer. Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body, can cause developmental neurotoxicity, and may also affect unborn or breastfed children. The product is not compliant with the REACH Regulation.
Product: Bracelet
Product description: Silver-colored chain bracelet with clasp. Product sold online, mainly via AliExpress.
Type of risk: Health risks / other
The nickel release rate is too high (measured value up to 0.74 μg/cm²/week). Nickel is a strong sensitizer and causes allergic reactions when present in articles that come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin. The product is not compliant with the REACH Regulation.
Within the European InfoCons App, in the ALERTS section, you can identify non-compliant products from multiple fields, the level of danger of the non-compliance, the country from which the authority issued the alert, the origin of the product, as well as other relevant data about the products, including photos, such as: motor vehicles and their components, chemical products, childcare articles and child equipment, clothing, textiles and fashion items, communication and media equipment, construction products, cosmetic products, decorations, eco-design products, electrical appliances and equipment, equipment for explosive environments, furniture, electronic devices, gas appliances and components, hand tools, sports and recreational equipment, jewelry, kitchen/cooking accessories, laser pointers, lifts, lighters, light garlands, lighting equipment, protective equipment, measuring instruments, machinery, pressure equipment/containers, toys, stationery, pyrotechnic articles, railway and guided transport, recreational craft products, waste.
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The risks that products subject to alerts may present are: choking, burns, chemical risk, suffocation, cuts, hearing damage, damage to eyesight, drowning, electric shock, electromagnetic interference, energy consumption, immobilization, environmental risk, fire, health risks/other, injuries, incorrect measurement, microbiological risk, security risk, strangulation, suffocation.
The Free European InfoCons App supports you in identifying unsafe (non-compliant) food and non-food products.
InfoCons supports consumers by offering them the possibility to directly and FREE OF CHARGE access the Alerts section for food and non-food products in the Free InfoCons App at the level of the European Union!
Be careful not to purchase counterfeit products!
To view all non-compliant jewelry products that have been subject to ALERTS, you can access the dedicated section available in the European InfoCons App.
Attention! Before purchasing, access the Alerts section within the European InfoCons App to ensure that the products you intend to buy are not or have not been subject to alerts issued by the European Union, simply by searching in the menu bar of this section – “search”.
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