There are 12 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in October 2017，in which there are 8 food contact material products from China (including Hongkong), accounted for 66.7%. The main hazards for the notifications are migration of heavy metal, formaldehyde and primary aromatic amines from products. More information is shown below:

Date	Notification type	Notified by	Product	Subject	Action taken	Risk decision	countries concerned*
02/10/2017	border rejection	France	nylon potato press	migration of primary aromatic amines (268 µg/kg - ppb) from nylon potato press from China	Destruction	serious	China (O) France
02/10/2017	alert	Germany	coffee cups	migration of formaldehyde (110.8 mg/kg - ppm) and of melamine (4.37 mg/kg - ppm) from coffee cups from the Netherlands	Withdrawal from the market	serious	Austria(D) Belgium(D) Bosnia and Herzegovina(D) Bulgaria(D) Croatia(D) Czech Republic(D) Estonia(D) Finland(D) France(D) Georgia(D) Germany(D) Greece(D) INFOSAN(D) Iceland(D) Ireland(D) Italy(D) Latvia(D) Martinique(D) Moldova(D) Morocco(D) Netherlands(O) Norway(D) Poland(D) Romania(D) Russia(D)South Africa(D) Spain(D) Sweden(D) Switzerland(D) United Kingdom(D) United states(D) Uruguay(D)
03/10/2017	border rejection	Italy	noodle maker	migration of nickel (70.6 mg/kg - ppm) and of manganese (1 mg/kg - ppm) from noodle maker from China	Re-dispatch	undecided	China (O) Italy
04/10/2017	information for follow-up	Spain	melamine kitchen set	migration of formaldehyde (22.6 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine kitchen set from China	Withdrawal from the market	Not serious	China (O) Andorra(D) Belgium (D) Portugal (D) Spain(D)
13/10/2017	border rejection	Poland	melamine chopsticks	absence of certified analytical report and of declaration of compliance for melamine chopsticks from China	Destruction	Not serious	China (O) Poland
16/10/2017	alert	Netherlands	kitchen spatula	migration of primary aromatic amines (0.018 mg/kg - ppm) from kitchen spatula from Turkey	Withdrawal from the market	serious	France(D) Belgium (D) Germany(D) INFOSAN Luxembourg(D) Netherlands(D) Spain(D) Turkey(D)
17/10/2017	information for follow-up	Slovakia	bamboo fibre bowl	migration of formaldehyde (171.3; 159.3 mg/kg - ppm) from bamboo fibre bowl from China, via Germany	Withdrawal from the market	undecided	China (O) Germany Slovakia (D)
17/10/2017	border rejection	Finland	rim of ceramic mug	migration of lead (0.61; 0.62; 0.65 mg/dm²) from rim of ceramic mug from China	Official detention	serious	China (O) Finland
18/10/2017	alert	Germany	nylon skimmer	migration of primary aromatic amines (23.4; 25.2; 28.8 µg/kg - ppb) from nylon skimmer from China	Withdrawal from the market	serious	Austria(D) China (O) Czech Republic(D) Germany(D) Hungary (D) Croatia(D) INFOSAN Netherlands(D) Poland (D) Slovakia (D) Slovenia (D)
25/10/2017	alert	Italy	bamboo cups	migration of formaldehyde (58 mg/kg - ppm) from bamboo cups from China, via Germany	Informing authorities	undecided	Austria(D) Belgium (D) China (O) Czech Republic(D) Denmark(D) Finland(D) France(D) Germany Greece (D) Hungary (D) INFOSAN Ireland(D) Italy Lithuania (D) Netherlands(D)Norway(D)Poland(D)Serbia (D) Slovakia (D) Spain(D) Switzerland(D)Ukraine(D) United Kingdom(D) United States(D)
31/10/2017	alert	Belgium	decorated children plates	migration of melamine (4.3; 6; 6.2; 17.3 mg/kg - ppm) from decorated children plates from the Netherlands	Public warning-press release	serious	Belgium (D) Netherlands(O)
31/10/2017	alert	Belgium	decorated children plates	migration of melamine (4.4; 27.9 mg/kg - ppm) from decorated children plates from Spain	Public warning-press release	serious	Belgium (D) Spain(O)
*  D = distribution  O = origin

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