Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in October, 2016
There are 11 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in October, 2016. In which there are 10 food contact material products from China, including Hong Kong, accounting for 91%. The main hazards for the notifications are high level migration of heavy metal and formaldehyde from products. More information is shown below:
| Date | Notification type | Notified by | Product | Subject | Action taken | Risk decision | countries concerned |
| 04/10/2016 | Information for follow-up | Czech Republic | melamine bowls | migration of formaldehyde (32 mg/kg-ppm) from melamine bowls from China | withdrawal from the market | not serious | China (O) Czech Republic (D) Hungary (D) Poland (D) Slovakia (D) |
| 04/10/2016 | Information for follow-up | Estonia | silicone spatulas | deterioration of organoleptic characteristics of food in contact with silicone spatulas from China, via Sweden and via Finland | withdrawal from recipient(s) | not serious | China (O) Estonia (D) Finland (D) Sweden (D) |
| 06/10/2016 | Information for attention | Czech Republic | cap of stainless steel vacuum flask | migration of primary aromatic amines (0.11 mg/kg – ppm) from cap of stainless steel vacuum flask from China | withdrawal from the market | serious | China (O) Czech Republic (D) |
| 06/10/2016 | Information for follow-up | Slovenia | silicone cake mould | high content of volatile organic constituents (1.99 %) in silicone cake mould from China | no action taken | not serious | China (O) Hungary (D) Slovenia (D) |
| 10/10/2016 | border rejection | Italy | steel spatulas | migration of chromium (4.2 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (0.19 mg/kg – ppm) and too high level of overall migration (35 mg/kg – ppm) from steel spatulas from China, manufactured in Hong Kong | Placed under customs seals | not serious |
China (O) Hong Kong (O) Italy(D) |
| 13/10/2016 | Information for follow-up | Croatia | colander | migration of manganese (0.733 mg/l) from colander from China, via Germany | withdrawal from the market | undecided |
China (O) Bosnia and Herzegovina (D) Croatia (D) Germany (D) Montenegro (D) Serbia (D) Slovenia (D) |
| 17/10/2016 | Information for attention | Czech Republic | melamine cups | migration of formaldehyde (31.7 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine cups from China | withdrawal from the market | not serious | China (O) Czech Republic(D) |
| 19/10/2016 | border rejection | Italy | fryer, fruit basket and flour sieve | migration of chromium (0.3 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (2 mg/kg – ppm) from fryer, fruit basket and flour sieve from China | —— | undecided | China (O) Italy(D) |
| 20/10/2016 | Information for attention | Czech Republic | cake decorator | migration of DEHP-di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (40.51 mg/kg – ppm) from cake decorator from China | withdrawal from the market | serious | China (O) Czech Republic (D) |
| 27/10/2016 | border rejection | Italy | set of stainless steel flour sieves | migration of chromium (from 17.3 to 59.2 mg/kg – ppm), of nickel (from 0.8 to 142.3 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (from 1.1 to 82.6 mg/kg – ppm) and too high level of overall migration (from 791 to 1535 mg/kg – ppm) from set of stainless steel flour sieves from China | re-dispatch | serious | China (O) Italy(D) |
| 27/10/2016 | information for attention | Germany | stick-on label on puff pastry | migration of benzophenone (815: 657 µg/kg- ppb) from the stick-on label into puff pastry from Italy | withdrawal from the market | not serious |
Italy (O) Austria (D) Germany (D) |
* D = distribution O = origin
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