Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in March 2018
There are 11 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in March 2018,in which there are 6 food contact material products from China (including Hongkong), accounted for 54%. The main hazards for the notifications are migration of heavy metal and melamine from products. More information is shown below:
Date |
Notification type |
Notified by |
Product |
Subject |
Action taken |
Risk decision |
countries concerned* |
02/03/2018 |
information for attention |
Belgium |
aluminium pizza cutter |
migration of nickel (0.29; 0.49; 0.59 mg/kg – ppm) from aluminium pizza cutter from China |
official detention |
undecided |
Belgium (D) China (O) |
02/03/2018 |
alert |
Belgium |
melamine plate |
migration of melamine (5 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine plate from China, via the Netherlands |
public warning – press release |
serious |
Belgium (D) China (O) INFOSAN Netherlands |
06/03/2018 |
information for attention |
Germany |
cast-iron tea pot |
migration of aluminium (9.69 mg/l), of cobalt (0.6 mg/l) and of lithium (4.59 mg/l) from cast-iron tea pot from Japan |
withdrawal from recipient(s) |
serious |
Commission Services Germany (D) INFOSAN Japan (O) |
09/03/2018 |
information for follow-up |
Germany |
enamel baking dish |
migration of cobalt (between 0.33 and 0.60 mg/l) and of lithium (between 0.36 and 0.75 mg/l) from enamel baking dish from Austria |
withdrawal from the market |
undecided |
Austria (O) Germany (D) |
15/03/2018 |
alert |
Belgium |
melamine plates |
migration of melamine (5.7 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine plates from unknown origin, via the Netherlands |
recall from consumers |
serious |
Belgium (D) Netherlands unknown origin (O) |
15/03/2018 |
information for follow-up |
France |
plastic wrapping of salt stones |
high content of bisphenol A (117 mg/kg – ppm) in plastic wrapping of salt stones from the Netherlands |
— |
undecided |
Commission Services France Netherlands (O) |
28/03/2018 |
border rejection |
Germany |
melamine bowls |
migration of formaldehyde (309.9 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine bowls from China |
re-dispatch |
serious |
China (O) Germany |
28/03/2018 |
border rejection |
Italy |
stainless steel barbacue |
migration of chromium (2.4; 10.2 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (0.4 mg/kg – ppm) and too high level of overall migration (41; 72 mg/dm²) from stainless steel barbacue set from China |
placed under customs seals |
undecided |
China (O) Italy |
28/03/2018 |
border rejection |
Finland |
kitchenware |
migration of volatile organic constituents (1.3 %) from kitchenware from China |
official detention |
not serious |
China (O) Finland |
30/03/2018 |
alert |
Cyprus |
plastic forks |
too high level of overall migration (24.26 mg/dm²) from plastic forks from China, via Greece |
recall from consumers |
serious |
China (O) Cyprus (D) Greece INFOSAN |
30/03/2018 |
alert |
Cyprus |
plastic disposable plates |
too high level of overall migration (350.4 mg/dm²) from plastic disposable plates from Italy |
recall from consumers |
serious |
Cyprus (D) Italy (O) |
* D = distribution O = origin |
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