The European Commission validated 321 RASFF notifications this month, including 285 notifications on food, accounting for 88.79%; 20 notifications on feed, accounting for 6.23%; 16 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 4.98%. 12 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:
date
reference
notified by
countries concerned
subject
action taken
distribution status
risk decision
02/12/2019
2019.4229
Italy
China
(O), INFOSAN, Italy (D), Taiwan (O)
migration
of melamine (up to 4.85 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine fruit plate set from
China, dispatched from Taiwan
/
information
on distribution not (yet) available
serious
04/12/2019
2019.4261
Spain
China
(O), Commission Services, France (D), Portugal (D), Spain (D)
plastic
kitchen utensils from China unfit for use as food contact material (risk of
melting)
withdrawal
from the market
distribution
to other member countries
undecided
04/12/2019
2019.4268
Italy
China
(O), Italy
too
high level of overall migration (1.542 mg/kg - ppm) from aluminium bottles
with plastic caps from China
placed
under customs seals
product
allowed to travel to destination under customs seals
not
serious
09/12/2019
2019.4303
Finland
China
(O), Finland, Hong Kong
migration
of melamine (5.5 mg/kg - ppm) from plastic plates from China
official
detention
product
not (yet) placed on the market
serious
09/12/2019
2019.4304
Italy
China
(O), Italy
migration
of iron (262.9 mg/kg - ppm) and too high level of overall migration (170
mg/kg - ppm) from baking trays from China
placed
under customs seals
product
allowed to travel to destination under customs seals
undecided
09/12/2019
2019.4309
Finland
China
(O), Finland, Hong Kong
migration
of formaldehyde (19 mg/kg - ppm) and of melamine (9.4 mg/kg - ppm) from
plastic mug from China
official
detention
product
not (yet) placed on the market
serious
12/12/2019
2019.4392
United
Kingdom
China
(O), United Kingdom
migration
of primary aromatic amines (63.6 µg/kg - ppb) from polyamide kitchenware from
China
official
detention
product
not (yet) placed on the market
serious
12/12/2019
2019.4401
Spain
China
(O), Spain
migration
of formaldehyde from kitchen plastic glasses from China
import
not authorised
product
not (yet) placed on the market
not
serious
18/12/2019
2019.4517
Germany
Austria
(D), China (O), Germany (D), Greece (D), Italy (D), Luxembourg (D),
Netherlands, Slovenia (D), Spain (D), Switzerland (D)
migration
of melamine (4.33; 4.79; 4.9 mg/l) from plastic cups from China, via the
Netherlands
withdrawal
from the market
distribution
to other member countries
undecided
19/12/2019
2019.4556
Germany
China
(O), Germany (D)
migration
of formaldehyde (18.6 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine children's tableware from
China
withdrawal
from the market
distribution
restricted to notifying country
undecided
24/12/2019
2019.4656
Belgium
Belgium
(D), China (O), Taiwan
migration
of melamine (3.86; 3.91 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine plastic plates from China,
via Taiwan
recall
from consumers
no
distribution from notifying country
undecided
27/12/2019
2019.4670
Slovenia
China
(O), INFOSAN, Italy (D), Slovenia
migration
of aluminium (47, 33, 33 mg/kg - ppm) from pressure cookers from China
informing
authorities
distribution
to other member countries
serious
