May. 9th, 2016

Food

Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in April of 2016

Author: Alice Wu

REACH24H Consulting Group China

There are 10 RASFF notification on food contact materials in April, and there are 8 Chinese food contact materials products. The details as follow:

Classification

Date of Case

Country

Product category/subject

information for attention

28/04/2016

Germany

migration of formaldehyde (17 to 23 mg/kg - ppm) and of melamine (4.1 to 7.7 mg/kg - ppm) from salad servers from China

border rejection

28/04/2016

Italy

too high level of overall migration (20.5 mg/dm²) from nitrile gloves from China

alert

26/04/2016

Czech republic

migration of primary aromatic amines (between 0.03 and 0.04 mg/kg - ppm) from black nylon spaghetti spoon from China

Border rejection

26/04/2016

Italy

migration of manganese (1.6 mg/kg - ppm) and too high level of overall migration (174.7 mg/dm²) from gas barbecue from China

Information for attention

21/04/2016

Czech republic

migration of cadmium (10.6 mg/item) and of lead (109 mg/item) from glasses from China

Border rejection

19/04/2016

Italy

migration of chromium (0.3 mg/kg - ppm) from kitchen steel knives from China

Border rejection

18/04/2016

Denmark

migration of formaldehyde (24 mg/kg - ppm) from spatula from Hong Kong

Border rejection

06/04/2016

Poland

too high level of overall migration (36.2 mg/dm²) from plastic cutting board from China

Reference: RASFF Portal.

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