Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in March 2017
There are 14 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in March 2017，in which there are12 food contact material products from China (including Hongkong), accounted for86%. 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* |
| 02/03/2017 | information for follow-up | Italy | steak knives | migration of chromium from steak knives from China | recall from consumers |
undecided |
China(O) Croatia(D) France(D) Italy (D) Slovenia(D) United Kingdom (D) |
| 02/03/2017 | alert | Austria | glow stick straw | glow stick straw from China, via Germany unfit for use as food contact material (contains butylbenzoate that may leak into the drink) | public warning- press release | serious |
China (O) Austria (D) Germany(D) |
| 06/03/2017 | information for attention | Belgium | plastic plate | migration of melamine (13.52 mg/kg – ppm) from plastic plate from Hong Kong | public warning – press release | serious |
Hong Kong (O) Belgium(D) |
| 09/03/2017 | border rejection | Italy | pressure cookers | migration of manganese (0.245 mg/kg – ppm) from pressure cookers from China, via Hong Kong | placed under customs seals | undecided |
China (O) Hong Kong Italy(D) |
| 10/03/2017 | border rejection | Italy | plastic forks | outer coating coming off from plastic forks from China | official detention | not serious |
China (O) Italy(D) |
| 13/03/2017 | border rejection | Italy | barbecue with stainless steel grill | migration of lead (54 µg/kg – ppb) from barbecue with stainless steel grill from China | placed under customs seals | undecided |
China (O) Italy(D) |
| 14/03/2017 | alert | Poland | pasta spoons | migration of primary aromatic amines (0.07; 0.1092; 0.1713 mg/kg – ppm) from pasta spoons from Italy, via the United Kingdom | withdrawal from the market | serious |
Italy (D/O) Germany(D) Philippines(D) Poland(D) Russia(D) Switzerland(D) United Kingdom (D) |
| 15/03/2017 | border rejection | Finland | rim of mugs | migration of lead (0.62 mg/dm²) from rim of mugs from China | official detention | serious |
China (O) Finland(D) |
| 15/03/2017 | information for attention | Italy | stainless steel coffee spoons | migration of chromium (6.2; 5.3; 7.6 mg/l) and too high level of overall migration (16; 15; 20 mg/dm²) from stainless steel coffee spoons from China | official detention | undecided |
China (O) Italy(D) |
| 23/03/2017 | information for follow-up | Cyprus | plastic plates | too high level of overall migration (3% acetic acid: 82.6 mg/dm²) from plastic plates from Greece | withdrawal from the market | not serious |
Greece (O) Cyprus (D) |
| 27/03/2017 | border rejection | Denmark | melamine sushi plates with lids | migration of formaldehyde (51 mg/kg – ppm) from melamin sushi plates with lids from China | destruction | not serious | China (O)
Denmark(D) |
| 31/03/2017 | border rejection | Italy | barbeque gril | migration of nickel (0.7 mg/kg – ppm) from barbeque gril from China | official detention | not serious | China (O)
Italy(D) |
| 31/03/2017 | border rejection | Spain | melamine fruit plate | migration of formaldehyde (22.5 mg/kg – ppm) from and absence of certified analytical report for melamine fruit plate from China | import not authorised | undecided | China (O)
Spain(D) |
| 31/03/2017 | information for follow-up | Italy | cake molds | too high level of overall migration (385; 429; 465 mg/dm²) from cake molds from China | recall from consumers | undecided | China (O)
Belgium (D) Bosnia and Herzegovina (D) Italy (D) |
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* D = distribution O = origin |
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