Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in August 2017
There are 8 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in August 2017，in which there are 8 food contact material products from China (including Hongkong), accounted for 100%. The main hazards for the notifications are migration of formaldehyde and heavy metal from products. More information is shown below:
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Date |
Notification type |
Notified by |
Product |
Subject |
Action taken |
Risk decision |
countries concerned* |
| 01/08/2017 | border rejection | Denmark | melamine plates |
migration of formaldehyde (22.7 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine plates from China |
destruction |
not serious |
China (O) Denmark |
| 02/08/2017 | information for follow-up | Czech Republic |
plastic cutlery sets |
migration of formaldehyde (148; 78.2 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic cutlery sets from China, via Germany |
Placed under customs seals |
not serious |
China (O) Armenia(D) Belgium(D) Czech Republic(D) Estonia(D) Finland(D) France(D) Germany(D) Greece(D) Hungary(D) Ireland(D) Italy(D) Lithuania(D) Netherlands(D) Norway(D) Poland(D) Serbia(D) Slovakia(D) Spain(D) Sweden(D) Switzerland(D) Ukraine (D)United Kingdom(D) United States(D) |
| 03/08/2017 | information for follow-up | Czech Republic | plastic bowl | migration of formaldehyde (22.96; 31.8 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic bowl from China, via the Netherlands |
withdrawal from the market |
not serious |
China (O) Czech Republic(D) Netherlands |
| 04/08/2017 | information for follow-up | Germany |
paper baking forms |
mineral oil (MOAH: 29; MOSH: 396 mg/kg – ppm) in and migration of 3-monochlor-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) (126 µg/l) from paper baking forms for muffins from China, via Spain |
withdrawal from the market |
undecided |
China (O) Austria (D) Commission Services Germany(D) Slovenia(D) Slovakia(D) Spain(D) |
| 11/08/2017 | border rejection | Italy | steel pourers | migration of nickel (0.7 mg/l) and too high level of overall migration (654 mg/kg – ppm) from steel pourers from China |
re-dispatch |
not serious |
China (O) Italy
|
| 17/08/2017 | border rejection | Italy | steel pourer | migration of manganese (0.9 mg/l) from steel pourer from China |
re-dispatch |
undecided |
China (O) Italy
|
| 25/08/2017 | border rejection | Finland |
schnapps glasses with golden rim |
migration of lead (2.7; 4.2 mg/dm²) from the rim of schnapps glasses with golden rim from China |
Official detention |
serious |
China (O) Finland |
| 29/08/2017 | information for follow-up | Germany |
paper baking molds |
3-monochlor-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) (41.8 µg/l) in paper baking molds from China |
withdrawal from the market |
undecided |
Austria (D) China (O) Germany(D) Slovenia(D) Slovakia(D) |
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* D = distribution O = origin |
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