Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification from July to September 2016
Oct. 24th, 2016
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There are 24 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in 1st July to 30th September, 2016.In which there are 20 food contact material products from China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, accounting for 83.33%. The main hazards for the notifications are high level migration of heavy metal, formaldehyde and aromatic amines from products. More information is shown below:
| Date | Notification type | Notified by | Product | Subject | Action taken | Risk decision | countries concerned |
| 01/07/2016 | border rejection | Italy | steel pans | too high level of overall migration (1090 mg/kg – ppm) from steel pans from Hong Kong | placed under customs seals | undecided | Hong Kong (O) ,Italy |
| 06/07/2016 | alert | Belgium | whisks | migration of nickel (0.38 mg/kg – ppm) from whisks from Taiwan | recall from consumers | undecided | Taiwan (O),Belgium (D) Netherlands (D) |
| 14/07/2016 | border rejection | Italy (IT) | barbecue steel grills | migration of nickel (up to 0.5 mg/kg-ppm) and too high level of overall migration (up to 45 mg/dm²) from barbecue steel grills from China | re-dispatch | undecided | China (O) Italy |
| 21/07/2016 | alert | Germany (DE) | chopsticks | Migration of formaldehyde (65mg/kg-ppm) from chopsticks from China | withdrawal from the market | undecided | China (O),Austria (D) Denmark (D) Finland (D) France (D) Germany (D) Hungary (D) Moldova (D) Poland (D) Switzerland (D) |
| 26/07/2016 | information for attention | France | tajine dishes | migration of aluminium (107.2 mg/l) from tajine dishes from Turkey | destruction | serious | Turkey (O),France (D) |
| 26/07/2016 | border rejection | Italy | blades for kitchen appliances | migration of chromium (1 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (17.9 mg/kg – ppm) from blades for kitchen appliances from the United States | placed under customs seals | undecided | United States (O),Italy |
| 27/07/2016 | alert | Germany (DE) | ceramic plates | migration of cadmium (0.21 mg/dm²) and of cobalt (0.136 mg/dm²) from ceramic plates from China, via the Netherlands | detained by operator | serious | China (O) ,Austria (D) Germany (D) INFOSAN Netherlands |
| 29/07/2016 | alert | Germany (DE) | glass botlles containing orangeade | risk of breakage due to excessive carbon dioxide levels caused by fermentation of glass botlles containing orangeade from Germany | recall from consumers | serious | Germany (D/O),Austria (D) |
| 29/07/2016 | alert | Germany (DE) | plastic ice moulds inserted in drinks for cooling | suffocation risk caused by plastic ice moulds from China inserted in drinks for cooling | recall from consumers | serious | China (O) ,Austria (D) Germany (D) Netherlands (D) Slovakia (D) Slovenia (D) |
| 03/08/2016 | information for follow-up | Slovenia (SI) | melamine bowls | migration of formaldehyde (15.6; 43.3; 51.2 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine bowls from China, via Slovakia | withdrawal from the market | not serious | China (O), Slovakia Slovenia (D) |
| 08/08/2016 | information for attention | Czech Republic (CZ) | plastic decorated bowl | migration of formaldehyde (680 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic decorated bowl from China | withdrawal from the market | serious | China (O) ,Czech Republic (D) |
| 11/08/2016 | alert | Slovenia (SI) | plastic spaghetti server with stainless-steel handle | migration of primary aromatic amines (0.737; 0.018; 0.018 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic spaghetti server with stainless-steel handle from China, via Hong Kong, via Spain and via Germany | withdrawal from the market | serious | China (D/O),Austria Czech Republic (D) France (D) Germany (D) Greece (D) Hong Kong (D) Italy (D) Morocco (D)Netherlands (D) Panama (D) Poland (D) Slovakia (D) Slovenia (D) South Africa (D) Spain United Kingdom (D) United States (D) |
| 18/08/2016 | information for attention | Czech Republic | plastic bowl with lid | migration of formaldehyde (100.11 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic bowl with lid from unknown origin | withdrawal from the market | not serious | unknown origin (O),China Czech Republic (D |
| 18/08/2016 | information for attention | Czech Republic | plastic bowl with lid | migration of formaldehyde (95.78; 102.71 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic bowl with lid from China | withdrawal from the market | not serious | China (O) ,Czech Republic (D) |
| 18/08/2016 | information for attention | Czech Republic | plastic shallow plate decorated | migration of formaldehyde (33.1 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic shallow plate decorated from China | withdrawal from the market | not serious | China (O) ,Czech Republic (D) |
| 26/08/2016 | border rejection | Italy | steak knives | migration of chromium (0.02 mg/kg – ppm) from steak knives from China | re-dispatch | not serious | China (O) Italy |
| 30/08/2016 | information for follow-up | Luxembourg | lids of glass jars containing pesto | migration of epoxidised soybean oil (ESBO) (180 mg/kg – ppm) from lids of glass jars containing pesto from France, via Belgium | withdrawal from the market | not serious | France (D/O) ,Belgium (D) Luxembourg (D) |
| 01/09/2016 | border rejection | Italy | spatulas | migration of chromium (4.59 mg/l) and of manganese (0.207 mg/l) from spatulas from China | destruction | not serious | China (O), Italy |
| 06/09/2016 | border rejection | Croatia | stainless steel pots | migration of manganese (0.358; 0.277; 0.188; 0.143 mg/l) from stainless steel pots from China | placed under customs seals | not serious | China (O), Croatia |
| 06/09/2016 | border rejection | Spain | set of dishes | migration of formaldehyde (19 mg/kg – ppm) from set of dishes from China | destruction | not serious | China (O), Spain |
| 15/09/2016 | border rejection | Italy | plastic plates | migration of melamine (3.56 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic plates with raw material from China, via Taiwan | re-dispatch | serious | China (O), Italy, Taiwan |
| 15/09/2016 | alert | Germany | ceramic set | migration of cadmium (0.452 mg/dm²) and of cobalt (0.459 mg/dm²) from ceramic set from China, via France | Recall from consumers | serious | China(O),Austria,France, Germany (D), Latvia (D) |
| 16/09/2016 | border rejection | Czech Republic | melamine sushi bowls and trays | absence of declaration of compliance for melamine sushi bowls and trays from China | official detention | not serious | China (O), Czech Republic |
| 22/09/2016 | alert | Poland | spaghetti spoon | migration of primary aromatic amines (0.0118; 0.0115; 0.012 mg/kg – ppm) from spaghetti spoon from China, via Hong Kong | withdrawal from the market | undecided | China(O),Bulgaria (D), , Czech Republic (D), Denmark (D), Hong Kong, Moldova (D), Poland (D), Romania (D), Slovakia (D) |
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