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) |
* D = distribution O = origin |
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