In February 2016, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed(RASFF) of EU have notified 7 cases of Food Contact Materials (FCM) products, 4 cases of which are originated from China.
The subject notified are mainly formaldehyde from bamboo article and melamine from melamine articles, migration of chromium and manganese from steel articles. The details are as below:
|
No. |
Date |
Notified by |
Origin |
Subject |
Notification type |
Action taken |
|
1 |
01/02/2016 |
United Kingdom |
Germany |
risk of breakage of beer bottles |
alert |
recall from consumers |
|
2 |
01/02/2016 |
Germany |
China |
migration of formaldehyde (318 mg/kg - ppm) from bamboo fiber salad bowls |
information for attention |
withdrawal from the market |
|
3 |
02/02/2016 |
Italy |
China |
migration of manganese (0.6 mg/kg - ppm) from wooden kitchen tools |
border rejection |
placed under customs seals |
|
4 |
03/02/2016 |
Belgium |
France |
migration of epoxidised soybean oil (ESBO) (150 mg/kg - ppm) from lids of jars containing olives in spicy sauce |
information for follow-up |
withdrawal from the market |
|
5 |
09/02/2016 |
Italy |
China |
migration of chromium (7.1 mg/l) and of manganese (0.2 mg/l) from steel knives |
border rejection |
destruction |
|
6 |
17/02/2016 |
France |
China |
migration of melamine (3.1 mg/l) from melamine bowl |
alert |
recall from consumers |
|
7 |
23/02/2016 |
Italy |
Vietnam |
too high level of overall migration (141 mg/kg - ppm) from nitrile gloves |
border rejection |
re-dispatch |