Unsafe toys may flood into UK post-Brexit

A consumer watchdog has warned that the United Kingdom "could be flooded" with unsafe toys, cars, electronics and other items if the country leaves the European Union and relinquishes membership to the trading bloc's product safety system.

UK independent consumer body Which? said that after Brexit, Britain may no longer have full access to Safety Gate, which is an alert program through which EU member states rapidly share information about dangerous nonfood products.

Safety Gate - and its predecessor, the Rapid Exchange of Information System, otherwise known as RAPEX - have raised the alarm on thousands of products over the years.