Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in June 2017
There are 8 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in June 2017,in which there are 7 food contact material products from China (including Hongkong), accounted for 87.5%. The main hazards for the notifications are overall migration and heavy metal from products. More information is shown below:
Date |
Notification type |
Notified by |
Product |
Subject |
Action taken |
Risk decision |
countries concerned* |
02/06/2017 | Alert | Denmark | shaker |
risk of mouth injury as a result of using shaker from China, manufactured in Denmark |
Public warning-press release |
serious |
China (D/O) Denmark (D/O) Germany(D) Greenland(D) INFOSAN Slovakia(D) Spain(D) |
06/06/2017 | Alert | Poland |
Glasses with print |
migration of lead (3.84; 3.99; 3.5; 3.88 mg/item) from glasses with print from China, via Spain |
withdrawal from the market |
serious |
China (O) Czech Republic (D) France(D) INFOSAN Poland(D) Slovakia(D) United Kingdom(D) Spain |
07/06/2017 | border rejection | Italy | scissors | migration of chromium ( 2.8 mg/kg – ppm) from scissors from China | Re-dispatch | undecided |
China (O) Italy |
07/06/2017 | border rejection | Italy |
stainless steel pans |
too high level of overall migration (289 mg/kg – ppm) from stainless steel pans from China |
Placed under customs seals |
Not serious |
China (O) Italy |
08/06/2017 | information for follow-up | Czech Republic | plastic tableware set | migration of formaldehyde (34,74; 33,38 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic tableware set from China, via Belgium |
withdrawal from the market materials |
Not serious |
China (O) Czech Republic(D) Belgium |
16/06/2017 | information for follow-up | Belgium | bio-based cultery | too high level of overall migration (coffee spoon: 26.4; dessert spoon: 59.9; fork: 101.7; spoon: 116.7; knife: 145.5 mg/dm²) from bio-based cultery from China, via Hong Kong |
withdrawal from the market |
undecided |
Belgium(D) China (O) Hong Kong Netherlands(D) Tunisia(D) |
21/06/2017 | border rejection | Italy | polypropylene cutting boards | too high level of overall migration (52 mg/dm²) from polypropylene cutting boards from China |
Import not authorised |
undecided |
China (O) Italy |
27/06/2017 | border rejection | Italy | stainless steel pressure cookers |
presence of cobalt-60 in stainless steel pressure cookers from India |
Re-dispatch |
undecided |
Italy India(O) |
* D = distribution O = origin |
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