EU Fines Temu €200 Million for Selling Unsafe Products

Brussels. Chinese online retail company Temu has been fined €200 million (approximately US$232 million) for allowing the sale of illegal and unsafe goods on its platform. According to the European Commission, Temu failed to take sufficient precautions to identify, assess, and evaluate the risks to consumers from products such as dangerous children's toys and faulty chargers.

Temu has been under investigation since October 2024 to determine whether it has fulfilled its obligations as a 'very large online platform' under the EU's Digital Services Act. During the investigation, 'mystery shopping' conducted by independent testing agencies found that many chargers purchased from Temu failed basic electrical safety tests. Similarly, many children's toys were found to contain chemicals exceeding legal limits and posed a choking hazard due to small parts that could detach.