Date

Notification type

Notified by

Product

Subject

Action taken

Risk decision

countries concerned*

02/02/2018

border rejection

Italy

pasta machine

migration of chromium (0.237 mg/dm²), of nickel (4.16 mg/dm²) and of manganese (1.84 mg/dm²) and too high level of overall migration (128 mg/dm²) from pasta machine from China

placed under customs seals

undecided

China (O)  Italy

02/02/2018

alert

Slovakia

milk kettle with a lid and handle

deterioration of organoleptic characteristics of food in contact with milk kettle with a lid and handle from India, via the Czech Republic

withdrawal from the market

undecided

Czech Republic (D)  Germany  India (O)

Romania (D)  Slovakia (D)

06/02/2018

border rejection

Finland

melamine salad bowls

migration of formaldehyde (12; 16 mg/kg - ppm) and of melamine (8.0; 4.3 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine salad bowls from China, via Singapore

official detention

serious

China (O)  Finland  INFOSAN  Singapore

09/02/2018

Informati-on for attention

Italy

kitchen steel knives

migration of chromium (0.37 mg/kg - ppm) from kitchen steel knives from China

withdrawal from the market

Not serious

China (O)  Italy (D)

09/02/2018

Informati-on for follow-up

Germany

Coffee and tea cups

migration of cobalt (from 2.6 to 13 mg/l) from coffee and tea cups from China

recall from consumers

undecided

Austria (D)  Belgium (D)  China (O)  Croatia (D)  Germany (D)  Hungary (D)  Italy (D)

Kazakhstan (D)  Luxembourg (D)  Romania (D)  Slovenia (D)  Spain (D)  Switzerland (D)

16/02/2018

alert

Slovenia

enamel cookware

migration of cadmium (0.11; 0.04 mg/kg - ppm) from enamel cookware from Indonesia

withdrawal from the market

serious

Croatia (D)  INFOSAN  Indonesia (O)  Slovenia (D)

16/02/2018

Informati-on for follow-up

Germany

canned mussels in spicy sauce

migration of cyclo-di-BADGE (1809 µg/kg - ppb) in canned mussels in spicy sauce from Spain

withdrawal from the market

undecided

Germany (D)  Spain (O)

23/02/2018

alert

Germany

cardboard box containing baked pastry threads(Kadayif)

mineral oil (MOSH: 8.3; MOAH 1.1 mg/kg - ppm) from cardboard box containing baked pastry threads (Kadayif) from Turkey

recall from consumers

undecided

Belgium (D)  Commission Services  France (D)  Germany (D)  Netherlands(D)  Turkey (O)

* D = distribution  O = origin