Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification from July to September 2016

Oct. 24th, 2016
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There are 24 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in 1st July to 30th September, 2016.In which there are 20 food contact material products from China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, accounting for 83.33%. The main hazards for the notifications are high level migration of heavy metal, formaldehyde and aromatic amines from products. More information is shown below:

Date Notification type Notified by Product Subject Action taken Risk decision countries concerned
01/07/2016 border rejection Italy steel pans too high level of overall migration (1090 mg/kg – ppm) from steel pans from Hong Kong placed under customs seals undecided Hong Kong (O) ,Italy
06/07/2016 alert Belgium whisks migration of nickel (0.38 mg/kg – ppm) from whisks from Taiwan recall from consumers undecided Taiwan (O),Belgium (D) Netherlands (D)
14/07/2016 border rejection Italy (IT) barbecue steel grills migration of nickel (up to 0.5 mg/kg-ppm) and too high level of overall migration (up to 45 mg/dm²) from barbecue steel grills from China re-dispatch undecided China (O) Italy
21/07/2016 alert Germany (DE) chopsticks Migration of formaldehyde (65mg/kg-ppm) from chopsticks from China withdrawal from the market undecided China (O),Austria (D) Denmark (D) Finland (D) France (D) Germany (D) Hungary (D) Moldova (D) Poland (D) Switzerland (D)
26/07/2016 information for attention France tajine dishes migration of aluminium (107.2 mg/l) from tajine dishes from Turkey destruction serious Turkey (O),France (D)
26/07/2016 border rejection Italy blades for kitchen appliances migration of chromium (1 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (17.9 mg/kg – ppm) from blades for kitchen appliances from the United States placed under customs seals undecided United States (O),Italy
27/07/2016 alert Germany (DE) ceramic plates migration of cadmium (0.21 mg/dm²) and of cobalt (0.136 mg/dm²) from ceramic plates from China, via the Netherlands detained by operator serious China (O) ,Austria (D) Germany (D) INFOSAN Netherlands
29/07/2016 alert Germany (DE) glass botlles containing orangeade risk of breakage due to excessive carbon dioxide levels caused by fermentation of glass botlles containing orangeade from Germany recall from consumers serious Germany (D/O),Austria (D)
29/07/2016 alert Germany (DE) plastic ice moulds inserted in drinks for cooling suffocation risk caused by plastic ice moulds from China inserted in drinks for cooling recall from consumers serious China (O) ,Austria (D) Germany (D) Netherlands (D) Slovakia (D) Slovenia (D)
03/08/2016 information for follow-up Slovenia (SI) melamine bowls migration of formaldehyde (15.6; 43.3; 51.2 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine bowls from China, via Slovakia withdrawal from the market not serious China (O), Slovakia Slovenia (D)
08/08/2016 information for attention Czech Republic (CZ) plastic decorated bowl migration of formaldehyde (680 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic decorated bowl from China withdrawal from the market serious China (O) ,Czech Republic (D)
11/08/2016 alert Slovenia (SI) plastic spaghetti server with stainless-steel handle migration of primary aromatic amines (0.737; 0.018; 0.018 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic spaghetti server with stainless-steel handle from China, via Hong Kong, via Spain and via Germany withdrawal from the market serious China (D/O),Austria Czech Republic (D) France (D) Germany (D) Greece (D) Hong Kong (D) Italy (D) Morocco (D)Netherlands (D) Panama (D) Poland (D) Slovakia (D) Slovenia (D) South Africa (D) Spain United Kingdom (D) United States (D)
18/08/2016 information for attention Czech Republic plastic bowl with lid migration of formaldehyde (100.11 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic bowl with lid from unknown origin withdrawal from the market not serious unknown origin (O),China Czech Republic (D
18/08/2016 information for attention Czech Republic plastic bowl with lid migration of formaldehyde (95.78; 102.71 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic bowl with lid from China withdrawal from the market not serious China (O) ,Czech Republic (D)
18/08/2016 information for attention Czech Republic plastic shallow plate decorated migration of formaldehyde (33.1 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic shallow plate decorated from China withdrawal from the market not serious China (O) ,Czech Republic (D)
26/08/2016 border rejection Italy steak knives migration of chromium (0.02 mg/kg – ppm) from steak knives from China re-dispatch not serious China (O) Italy
30/08/2016 information for follow-up Luxembourg lids of glass jars containing pesto migration of epoxidised soybean oil (ESBO) (180 mg/kg – ppm) from lids of glass jars containing pesto from France, via Belgium withdrawal from the market not serious France (D/O) ,Belgium (D) Luxembourg (D)
01/09/2016 border rejection Italy spatulas migration of chromium (4.59 mg/l) and of manganese (0.207 mg/l) from spatulas from China destruction not serious China (O), Italy
06/09/2016 border rejection Croatia stainless steel pots migration of manganese (0.358; 0.277; 0.188; 0.143 mg/l) from stainless steel pots from China placed under customs seals not serious China (O), Croatia
06/09/2016 border rejection Spain set of dishes migration of formaldehyde (19 mg/kg – ppm) from set of dishes from China destruction not serious China (O), Spain
15/09/2016 border rejection Italy plastic plates migration of melamine (3.56 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic plates with raw material from China, via Taiwan re-dispatch serious China (O), Italy, Taiwan
15/09/2016 alert Germany ceramic set migration of cadmium (0.452 mg/dm²) and of cobalt (0.459 mg/dm²) from ceramic set from China, via France Recall from consumers serious China(O),Austria,France, Germany (D), Latvia (D)
16/09/2016 border rejection Czech Republic melamine sushi bowls and trays absence of declaration of compliance for melamine sushi bowls and trays from China official detention not serious China (O), Czech Republic
22/09/2016 alert Poland spaghetti spoon migration of primary aromatic amines (0.0118; 0.0115; 0.012 mg/kg – ppm) from spaghetti spoon from China, via Hong Kong withdrawal from the market undecided China(O),Bulgaria (D), , Czech Republic (D), Denmark (D), Hong Kong, Moldova (D), Poland (D), Romania (D), Slovakia (D)

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