The European Commission validated 368 RASFF notifications this month, including 331 notifications on food, accounting for 89.95%; 25 notifications on feed, accounting for 6.79%; 12 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 3.26%. 9 of the products are from China, accounting for 75%.
The prime hazards for FCMs are migration of elements.
There are more details on FCM notifications as below:
|
S/N |
date |
reference |
notified by |
countries concerned |
subject |
action taken |
distribution status |
risk decision |
|
1 |
05/02/2019 |
2019.0402 |
United Kingdom |
China (O), United Kingdom |
migration of formaldehyde (25 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine kitchenware from China |
official detention |
product not (yet) placed on the market |
not serious |
|
2 |
08/02/2019 |
2019.0476 |
Italy |
Italy, Taiwan (O) |
inner coating peeling off and too high level of overall migration (58 mg/dm²) from teflon coated springform pans from Taiwan |
placed under customs seals |
product allowed to travel to destination under customs seals |
undecided |
|
3 |
08/02/2019 |
2019.0480 |
Poland |
China (O), Poland (D), Slovakia (D) |
migration of formaldehyde (between 1.3 and 24.7 mg/kg - ppm) from bamboo cup from China |
recall from consumers |
distribution to other member countries |
undecided |
|
4 |
11/02/2019 |
2019.0488 |
Lithuania |
China (O), Lithuania (D), Netherlands |
unsuitable organoleptic characteristics (smell) of paper cake forms from China, via the Netherlands |
destruction |
no distribution from notifying country |
not serious |
|
5 |
11/02/2019 |
2019.0492 |
Italy |
China (O), Italy |
migration of formaldehyde (17; 16; 30 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine kitchenware from China |
informing authorities |
product allowed to travel to destination under customs seals |
undecided |
|
6 |
12/02/2019 |
2019.0505 |
Italy |
China (O), Hong Kong, Italy |
migration of nickel (41.9; 55.7 mg/kg - ppm) from baby spoon and fork set from China, via Hong Kong |
official detention |
product not (yet) placed on the market |
serious |
|
7 |
15/02/2019 |
2019.0583 |
Finland |
China (O), Finland |
migration of nickel (4.5 mg/dm²) from kitchen tools from China |
official detention |
product not (yet) placed on the market |
not serious |
|
8 |
15/02/2019 |
2019.0584 |
Germany |
Austria (D), China (O), France (D), Germany (D), INFOSAN, Italy (D), Portugal (D), Spain (D), Switzerland (D) |
migration of formaldehyde (191 mg/kg - ppm) and of melamine (7.2 mg/kg - ppm) from bamboo bowls from China |
recall from consumers |
distribution to other member countries |
serious |
|
9 |
18/02/2019 |
2019.0604 |
Poland |
China (O), Poland (D), Slovakia (D) |
migration of formaldehyde (25.3; 29.7 mg/kg - ppm) from bamboo cups from China |
recall from consumers |
distribution to other member countries |
undecided |
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