Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in February 2017
There are 7 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in February 2017，in which there are 5 food contact material products from China (including Hongkong), accounted for 71%. The main hazards for the notifications are heavy metal migration from products. More information is shown below:
|
Date |
Notification type |
Notified by |
Product |
Subject |
Action taken |
Risk decision |
countries concerned* |
| 04/02/2017 | border rejection | Italy | single-use glove | too high level of overall migration (106 mg/kg – ppm) from single-use glove from Indonesia | re-dispatch | undecided | Indonesia (O) Italy |
| 06/02/2017 | border rejection | Spain | melamine bowl | migration of formaldehyde (26.7 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine bowl from China | —— | undecided | China (O) Hong Kong Spain |
| 08/02/2017 | information for follow-up | Italy | stainless steel drums | migration of manganese (0.29; 0.32; 0.3; 0.34 mg/l) from stainless steel drums from Italy | withdrawal from the market | undecided | Italy (D/O) Switzerland (D) United States (D) |
| 08/02/2017 | border rejection | Italy | steel mincer | migration of chromium (0.5; 0.3 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (13.6; 6.5 mg/kg – ppm) from steel mincer from China | —— | undecided | China (O) Italy |
| 09/02/2017 | border rejection | Italy | freezer bags | high content of DBP – dibutyl phthalate (3.1 mg/kg – ppm) in freezer bags from Hong Kong | re-dispatch | undecided | Hong Kong (O) Italy |
| 13/02/2017 | information for follow-up | Italy | table knives | migration of chromium (0.4 mg/l) from table knives from China | withdrawal from the market | undecided | China (O) Italy (D) |
| 24/02/2017 | border rejection | Italy | steel strainers | migration of manganese (0.2; 0.1 mg/kg-ppm) from steel strainers from China | re-dispatch | undecided | China (O) Italy(D) |
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* D = distribution O = origin |
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