Apr. 13th, 2017

Food

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)

*  D = distribution  O = origin

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