Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in February 2018
There are 8 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in February 2018，in which there are 4 food contact material products from China (including Hongkong), accounted for 50%. The main hazards for the notifications are migration of heavy metal from products. More information is shown below:
|
Date |
Notification type |
Notified by |
Product |
Subject |
Action taken |
Risk decision |
countries concerned* |
|
02/02/2018 |
border rejection |
Italy |
pasta machine |
migration of chromium (0.237 mg/dm²), of nickel (4.16 mg/dm²) and of manganese (1.84 mg/dm²) and too high level of overall migration (128 mg/dm²) from pasta machine from China |
placed under customs seals |
undecided |
China (O) Italy |
|
02/02/2018 |
alert |
Slovakia |
milk kettle with a lid and handle |
deterioration of organoleptic characteristics of food in contact with milk kettle with a lid and handle from India, via the Czech Republic |
withdrawal from the market |
undecided |
Czech Republic (D) Germany India (O) Romania (D) Slovakia (D) |
|
06/02/2018 |
border rejection |
Finland |
melamine salad bowls |
migration of formaldehyde (12; 16 mg/kg – ppm) and of melamine (8.0; 4.3 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine salad bowls from China, via Singapore |
official detention |
serious |
China (O) Finland INFOSAN Singapore |
|
09/02/2018 |
Informati-on for attention |
Italy |
kitchen steel knives |
migration of chromium (0.37 mg/kg – ppm) from kitchen steel knives from China |
withdrawal from the market |
Not serious |
China (O) Italy (D) |
|
09/02/2018 |
Informati-on for follow-up |
Germany |
Coffee and tea cups |
migration of cobalt (from 2.6 to 13 mg/l) from coffee and tea cups from China |
recall from consumers |
undecided |
Austria (D) Belgium (D) China (O) Croatia (D) Germany (D) Hungary (D) Italy (D) Kazakhstan (D) Luxembourg (D) Romania (D) Slovenia (D) Spain (D) Switzerland (D) |
|
16/02/2018 |
alert |
Slovenia |
enamel cookware |
migration of cadmium (0.11; 0.04 mg/kg – ppm) from enamel cookware from Indonesia |
withdrawal from the market |
serious |
Croatia (D) INFOSAN Indonesia (O) Slovenia (D) |
|
16/02/2018 |
Informati-on for follow-up |
Germany |
canned mussels in spicy sauce |
migration of cyclo-di-BADGE (1809 µg/kg – ppb) in canned mussels in spicy sauce from Spain |
withdrawal from the market |
undecided |
Germany (D) Spain (O) |
|
23/02/2018 |
alert |
Germany |
cardboard box containing baked pastry threads(Kadayif) |
mineral oil (MOSH: 8.3; MOAH 1.1 mg/kg – ppm) from cardboard box containing baked pastry threads (Kadayif) from Turkey |
recall from consumers |
undecided |
Belgium (D) Commission Services France (D) Germany (D) Netherlands(D) Turkey (O) |
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* D = distribution O = origin |
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