In May 2015, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed(RASFF) of EU have notified 9 cases of Food Contact Materials (FCM) products, among which 5 cases of the products notified are originated from China. The products notified are mainly melamine plate, stainless steel and nylon kitchen utensils, and the subject notified are melamine, heavy metal and PAA migration.
The details are as below:
No.
Date
Notified by
Origin
Subject
Notification type
Action taken
1
04/05/2015
Italy
China
migration of manganese (0.6 mg/kg - ppm) from
skimmers
border rejection
destruction
2
06/05/2015
Greece
Hong Kong
migration of melamine (7.2; 4.8; 4.5 - 6.6;
7.3; 7.7 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine plate
information for follow-up
relabelling
3
12/05/2015
Ireland
China
migration of
primary aromatic amines (12.9431 mg/k mg/kg - ppm) from black nylon kitchen
utensils
information for attention
withdrawal from the market
4
14/05/2015
Poland
China
migration of
cadmium (0.52 mg/item) and of lead (4.0 mg/item) from glass mugs
alert
withdrawal from the market
5
15/05/2015
Greece
China
colour migration
from plastic bowls
information for follow-up
recall from consumers
6
19/05/2015
Italy
India
acrylic plates from
India unfit for use as food contact material
border rejection
official detention
7
19/05/2015
Italy
India
migration of
manganese (2.1 mg/kg - ppm) from stainless steel ladle
border rejection
official detention
8
20/05/2015
United Kingdom
Italy
risk of breakage of
bottles containing wine
alert
recall from consumers
9
21/05/2015
Belgium
unknown
migration of
melamine (3.1 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine dinner plate
alert
withdrawal from the market
Further Information：
stq-r-1510 RASFF notification of FCM products-May 2015