In April 2016, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed(RASFF) of EU have notified 10 cases of Food Contact Materials (FCM) products, 8 cases of which are originated from China.
The subject notified are mainly lead and cadmium migration from glass articles and formaldehyde migration from plastic articles and so on. The details are as below:
|
Date |
Notified by |
Origin |
Subject |
Notification type |
Action taken |
|
|
06/04/2016 |
Poland |
China |
too high level of overall migration (36.2 mg/dm2) from plastic cutting board |
border rejection |
destruction |
|
|
2 |
18/04/2016 |
Denmark |
Hong Kong |
migration of formaldehyde (24 mg/kg - ppm) from spatula |
border rejection |
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|
3 |
19/04/2016 |
Italy |
China |
migration of chromium (0.3 mg/kg - ppm) from kitchen steel knives |
border rejection |
placed under customs seals |
|
4 |
21/04/2016 |
Czech Republic |
unknown |
migration of cadmium (2.14 mg/item) and of lead (20.09 mg/item) from set of glasses |
information for attention |
withdrawal from the market |
|
5 |
21/04/2016 |
Czech Republic |
China |
migration of cadmium (10.6 mg/item) and of lead (109 mg/item) from glasses |
information for attention |
withdrawal from the market |
|
6 |
25/04/2016 |
Czech Republic |
unknown |
migration of cadmium (0.31 mg/kg - ppm) and of lead (4.2 mg/kg - ppm) from rim of decorated glasses |
information for attention |
withdrawal from the market |
|
7 |
26/04/2016 |
Czech Republic |
China |
migration of primary aromatic amines (between 0.03 and 0.04 mg/kg - ppm) from black nylon spaghetti spoon |
alert |
withdrawal from the market |
|
8 |
26/04/2016 |
Italy |
China |
migration of manganese (1.6 mg/kg - ppm) and too high level of overall migration (174.7 mg/dm2) from gas barbecue |
border rejection |
re-dispatch |
|
9 |
28/04/2016 |
Germany |
China |
migration of formaldehyde (17 to 23 mg/kg - ppm) and of melamine (4.1 to 7.7 mg/kg - ppm) from salad servers |
information for attention |
no stock left |
|
10 |
28/04/2016 |
Italy |
China |
too high level of overall migration (20.5 mg/dm2) from nitrile gloves |
border rejection |
re-dispatch |
Further Information: RASFF Portal