Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in June 2017

Jul. 21st, 2017
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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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