The European Commission validated 264 RASFF notifications this month, including 239 notifications on food, accounting for 90.53%; 19 notifications on feed, accounting for 7.20 %; 6 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 2.27%, in which 3 products from China are contained, accounting for 50.00%.
The prime hazards for FCMs are migration of elements and excessive levels of heavy metals.
There are more details on FCM notifications as below:
SN | Date | Reference | Notified by | Subject | Action taken |
1 | 03/04/2017 | 2017.0423 | Ireland | migration of primary aromatic amines (0.0299 mg/kg - ppm) from kitchen spoon from China | Withdrawal from the market |
2 | 05/04/2017 | 2017.AOX | Italy | Migration of chromium (0.9 mg/kg - ppm) from meat slicers from China | Official detention |
3 | 10/04/2017 | 2017.AQD | Italy | Migration of primary aromatic amines (10.949 mg/kg - ppm) from kitchen utensils from HongKong | Physical/chemical treatment |
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