Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in April 2018
There are 12 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in April 2018，in which there are 9 food contact material products from China (including Hongkong), accounted for 75%. The main hazards for the notifications are migration of heavy metal and melamine from products. More information is shown below:
|
Date |
Notification type |
Notified by |
Product |
Subject |
Action taken |
Risk decision |
countries concerned* |
|
04/04/2018 |
alert |
Belgium |
melamine plates |
migration of melamine (3.7; 6.6 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine plates from Canada, via the Netherlands |
public warning – press release |
serious |
Austria (D) Belgium (D) Canada (O) France (D) Germany (D) INFOSAN Luxembourg (D) Netherlands Spain (D) |
|
05/04/2018 |
border rejection |
Finland |
silicone baby feeder |
volatile organic compounds (1 %) in silicone baby feeder from China |
official detention |
Not serious |
China (O) Finland |
|
06/04/2018 |
border rejection |
Spain |
melamine tableware |
improper import declaration for melamine tableware from China |
import not authorised |
Not serious |
China (O) Spain |
|
10/04/2018 |
border rejection |
Finland |
silicone pancake mould |
high content of volatile organic constituents (1.6 %) in silicone pancake mould from China |
official detention |
Not serious |
China (O) Finland |
|
10/04/2018 |
information for attention |
Croatia |
rusty lids of glass jars containing mild peppers in brine |
rusty lids of glass jars containing mild peppers in brine from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
recall from consumers |
undecided |
Croatia (D) former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (O) |
|
11/04/2018 |
border rejection |
Italy |
spoons and forks |
migration of chromium (spoon: 15.2; fork: 7.6 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (spoon: 0.3 mg/kg – ppm) and too high level of overall migration (spoon: 95; fork: 32 mg/kg – ppm) from spoons and forks from Hong Kong |
placed under customs seals |
undecided |
Hong Kong (O) Italy |
|
12/04/2018 |
border rejection |
Finland |
barbecue silicone brush |
volatile organic compounds (1.5 %) in barbecue silicone brush from China |
official detention |
Not serious |
China (O) Finland Hong Kong |
|
12/04/2018 |
border rejection |
Italy |
barbecue stainless steel spits |
migration of nickel (0.3 mg/kg – ppm) from barbecue stainless steel spits from China |
placed under customs seals |
undecided |
China (O) Italy |
|
13/04/2018 |
alert |
Germany |
drinking glass |
migration of cadmium (0.67 mg/item) and of lead (7.41 mg/item) from drinking glass from Italy |
withdrawal from the market |
serious |
Austria (D) Commission Services Croatia (D) Germany (D) Italy (O) Slovakia (D) Slovenia (D) Spain (D) |
|
20/04/2018 |
alert |
Germany |
melamine cutting board |
migration of formaldehyde (234 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine cutting board from China |
withdrawal from the market |
serious |
Austria (D) China (O) Germany (D) INFOSAN Spain (D) |
|
27/04/2018 |
border rejection |
Italy |
enamelled iron cups |
inner coating oxidized of enamelled iron cups from China |
placed under customs seals |
undecided |
China (O) Italy |
|
27/04/2018 |
alert |
Poland |
kitchen tongs made of nylon |
migration of primary aromatic amines (0.03 mg/kg – ppm) from kitchen tongs made of nylon from China, via the Netherlands and via Germany |
withdrawal from the market |
serious |
China (O) Germany INFOSAN Netherlands Poland (D) |
|
* D = distribution O = origin |
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