Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in November 2017
There are 8 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in November 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 migration of heavy metal , formaldehyde and primary aromatic amines from products. More information is shown below:
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Date |
Notification type |
Notified by |
Product |
Subject |
Action taken |
Risk decision |
countries concerned* |
|
01/11/2017 |
alert |
Czech Republic |
set of glasses |
migration of cadmium (0.78 mg/item) and of lead (8.7 mg/item) from set of glasses from China, via Germany |
Withdrawal from the market |
serious |
Austria(D) Belgium(D) Bulgaria(D) China(O) Croatia(D) Cyprus(D) Czech Republic(D) Denmark(D) Estonia(D) Finland(D) France(D) Germany(D) Hungary (D) INFOSAN Ireland(D) Italy(D) Latvia(D) Lithuania(D) Luxembourg(D) Netherlands(D) Norway(D) Poland(D)Portugal (D)Romania(D) Slovakia(D) Slovenia (D)Spain(D) Switzerland(D) United Kingdom(D) |
|
10/11/2017 |
border rejection |
Spain |
bamboo tableware set |
migration of formaldehyde (19.6 mg/kg – ppm) from bamboo tableware set for children from China |
Import not authorised |
Not serious |
China(O) Spain |
|
10/11/2017 |
alert |
Slovenia |
nylon turner |
migration of primary aromatic amines (26.6; 15.2 mg/kg – ppm) from nylon turner from China, via Hong Kong and via Italy |
Return to consignor |
serious |
China (O) Hong Kong INFOSAN Italy(D) Slovenia(D) |
|
10/11/2017 |
alert |
Latvia |
latex teat |
migration of N-nitrosatable compounds (0.4935 mg/kg – ppm) from latex teat from Germany, via Poland and via Lithuania |
Withdrawal from the market |
serious |
Belarus (D) Czech Republic (D) Georgia (D) Germany (O) Hungary (D) INFOSAN Latvia (D) Lithuania (D) Moldova (D) Netherlands (D) Poland (D) Russia (D) Slovakia (D) Ukraine (D) United Kingdom (D)
|
|
29/11/2017 |
border rejection |
Croatia |
silicone baking tray |
high content of volatile organic constituents (1.25 %) in silicone baking tray from Hong Kong |
detained by operator |
Not serious |
China Croatia Hong Kong (O) |
|
29/11/2017 |
border rejection |
Italy |
kitchen tools |
migration of chromium (24.26 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (0.5 mg/kg – ppm) and too high level of overall migration (89 mg/dm²) from kitchen tools from China |
placed under customs seals |
serious |
China (O) Italy |
|
30/11/2017 |
alert |
Germany |
cast iron pan |
migration of iron (4380 mg/kg – ppm) from cast iron pan from China, via the Netherlands |
Withdrawal from the market |
serious |
China (O) Germany (D) INFOSAN Netherlands |
|
30/11/2017 |
border rejection |
Italy |
blender with steel and plastic parts |
too high level of overall migration (97 mg/dm²) from blender with steel and plastic parts from China |
placed under customs seals |
undecided |
China (O) Italy |
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* D = distribution O = origin |
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