Similar things happen in the US as well.
Similar things [happen in the US as well](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/how-can-medical-device-deemed-unsafe-another-country-still-be-n938706).
Similar things happen in the US as well.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ran a 1-year long investigation called the Implant Files to discover how European Union officials and politicians failed to protect countless patients from being implanted with dangerous devices which had to be recalled.