Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in November 2016
There are 16 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in November, 2016, in which there are 12 food contact material products from China, accounting for 75%. 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 |
| 04/11/2016 | Border rejection | Italy | mixer with bowl and hooks | migration of nickel (0.8; 1.4 mg/kg – ppm) and too high level of overall migration (17; 3 mg/dm²) from mixer with bowl and hooks from China | placed under customs seals | undecided | China (O) Italy |
| 07/11/2016 | Information for attention | Italy | woks | migration of manganese (10.2 mg/kg – ppm) and too high level of overall migration (225 mg/dm²) from woks from China | withdrawal from the market | undecided | China (O) Italy (D) |
| 07/11/2016 | Border rejection | Italy | steel baking pans | too high level of overall migration (17 mg/dm²) from steel baking pans from China | placed under customs seals | undecided | China (O) Italy |
| 10/11/2016 | Border rejection | Italy | basket steame | too high level of overall migration (31.97 mg/kg – ppm) from basket steamer from China | placed under customs seals | undecided | China (O) Italy |
| 11/11/2016 | Information for follow-up | Italy | single-use gloves | too high level of overall migration (88.6 mg/dm²) from single-use gloves from Indonesia | withdrawal from the market | undecided |
Indonesia (O) Croatia (D) Italy (D) Portugal (D) Slovenia (D) |
| 16/11/2016 | Information for attention | Czech Republic | decorated plastic bowls | migration of formaldehyde (23.4 mg/kg – ppm) and of melamine (4.2 mg/kg – ppm) from decorated plastic bowls from China | withdrawal from the market | serious |
China (O) Czech Republic |
| 16/11/2016 | Border rejection | Slovenia | melamine plates | migration of formaldehyde (23; 22.5 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine plates from China | official detention | not serious | China(O) Hungary Slovenia |
| 16/11/2016 | Border rejection | Italy | pasta maker in steel | migration of nickel (81.7; 45.7 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (0.3 mg/kg – ppm) and too high level of overall migration (74; 39 mg/dm²) from pasta maker in steel from China | re-dispatch | serious | China (O) Italy |
| 17/11/2016 | Border rejection | Italy | spoon and fork as part of a cuttlery set | migration of chromium (4.6 mg/kg – ppm) from spoon and migration of nickel (0.3 mg/kg – ppm) from fork as part of a cuttlery set from China | re-dispatch | undecided | China (O) Italy |
| 21/11/2016 | Border rejection | Finland | rim of ceramic mugs | migration of cadmium (1.5; 2.6 mg/dm²) from rim of ceramic mugs from China | official detention | serious | China (O) Finland |
| 22/11/2016 | information for attention | Cyprus | nylon kitchen ladles | migration of primary aromatic amines (4,4′-MDA=1049.67 µg/l) from nylon kitchen ladles from China | recall from consumers | serious |
China(O) Cyprus (D) |
| 22/11/2016 | information for attention | Czech Republic | icing bag set with nozzles | migration of primary aromatic amines (0.12 mg/kg – ppm) from icing bag set with nozzles from China | withdrawal from the market | serious |
China(O) Czech Republic (D) |
| 23/11/2016 | Information for follow-up | Greece | plastic hose | migration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate (DOTP) (215 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic hose from Italy | seizure | not serious |
Italy (O) Cyprus(D) Germany (D) Greece (D) Netherlands (D) Spain (D) |
| 25/11/2016 | Information for attention | Slovenia | black plastic whisks | migration of primary aromatic amines (0.98; 1.15 mg/kg – ppm) from black plastic whisks from Turkey | withdrawal from the market | serious |
Turkey (O) Slovakia (D) |
| 30/11/2016 | Border rejection | Italy | steel cruets | too high level of overall migration (103 mg/kg – ppm) from steel cruets from China | placed under customs seals | undecided |
China (O) Italy |
* D = distribution O = origin
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