Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in December 2016

Jan. 11th, 2017
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There are 12 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in November, 2016, in which there are 10 food contact material products from China, accounting for 83%. The main hazards for the notifications are high level of overall migration and heavy metal migration from products. More information is shown below:

Date Notification type Notified by Product Subject Action taken Risk decision countries concerned
02/12/2016 Alert Austria tumbler glow cups tumbler glow cups from China, via Germany unfit for use as food contact material public warning – press release serious China (O)  Austria (D)  Germany(D)
02/12/2016 Border Rejection Italy pasta machine migration of nickel (40.1 mg/kg – ppm) and too high level of overall migration (37 mg/dm²) from pasta machine from China re-dispatch undecided China (O)  Italy (D)
05/12/2016 Border Rejection Denmark owl shape plate migration of formaldehyde (25.70 mg/kg – ppm) from owl shape plate from China —— not serious China (O)  Denmark(D)
09/12/2016 Information for follow-up Slovakia trough-shaped strainer for pulping of tomatoes corrosion of trough-shaped strainer for pulping of tomatoes from Hungary public warning – press release not serious Hungary (O)  Slovakia (D)
09/12/2016 Border Rejection Croatia empty bottles for ketchup abnormal smell of empty bottles for ketchup from Bosnia and Herzegovina return to consignor not serious

Bosnia and Herzegovina (O)  Croatia(D)

09/12/2016 Border Rejection Greece melamine bowl migration of formaldehyde (19.2 mg/kg – ppm) and of melamine (3.4 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine bowl from China official detention serious

China (O)  Greece(D)

14/12/2016 Alert Italy electric immersion blenders melectric immersion blenders from China unfit for use as food contact material placed under customs seals not serious China (O)  Italy(D)
19/12/2016 Border rejection Czech Republic ceramic breakfast set migration of cadmium (bowl: 3.42; 2.84 mg/l and plate: 1.54; 1.12 mg/dm²) from ceramic breakfast set from China, via Spain withdrawal from the market serious China (O)  Andorra (D)  Belgium (D)    Czech Republic (D)  France (D)  Germany (D)  Hungary (D)  Italy (D)  Poland (D) Portugal (D)  Spain (D)
19/12/2016 Information for attention Czech Republic melamine decorated soup plate migration of formaldehyde (35.2; 33.2 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine decorated soup plate from China withdrawal from the market serious China (O)  Czech Republic (D)
20/12/2016 Border Rejection United Kingdom kitchen utensil set migration of primary aromatic amines (0.11 mg/kg – ppm) from kitchen utensil set from China —— serious China (O)  United Kingdom(D)
20/12/2016 Border Rejection Croatia plastic bottle deterioration of organoleptic characteristics (strange smell) of food in contact with plastic bottle from Bosnia and Herzegovina return to consignor not serious

Bosnia and Herzegovina (O)  Croatia(D)

22/12/2016 Border Rejection Italy cappucino maker migration of chromium (26.2 mg/kg – ppm), of nickel (1.1 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (64.3 mg/kg – ppm) and too high level of overall migration (728 mg/kg – ppm) from cappucino maker from China re-dispatch undecided

China (O)  Italy(D)

*  D = distribution  O = origin

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