The European Commission validated 293 RASFF notifications this month, including 266 notifications on food, accounting for 90.78%; 15 notifications on feed, accounting for 5.12%; 12 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 4.09%.
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 | 02/12/2016 | 2016.1672 | Austria | tumbler glow cups from China, via Germany unfit for use as food contact material | public warning - press release |
2 | 09/12/2016 | 2016.1720 | Slovakia | corrosion of trough-shaped strainer for pulping of tomatoes from Hungary | public warning - press release |
3 | 19/12/2016 | 2016.1765 | Czech Republic | migration of formaldehyde (35.2; 33.2 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine decorated soup plate from China | withdrawal from the market |
4 | 19/12/2016 | 2016.1766 | Czech Republic | migration of cadmium (bowl: 3.42; 2.84 mg/l and plate: 1.54; 1.12 mg/dm²) from ceramic breakfast set from China, via Spain | withdrawal from the market |
5 | 02/12/2016 | 2016.BOG | Italy | migration of nickel (40.1 mg/kg - ppm) and too high level of overall migration (37 mg/dm²) from pasta machine from China | re-dispatch |
6 | 05/12/2016 | 2016.BOQ | Denmark | migration of formaldehyde (25.70 mg/kg - ppm) from owl shape plate from China | |
7 | 09/12/2016 | 2016.BOZ | Greece | migration of formaldehyde (19.2 mg/kg - ppm) and of melamine (3.4 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine bowl from China | official detention |
8 | 09/12/2016 | 2016.BPJ | Croatia | abnormal smell of empty bottles for ketchup from Bosnia and Herzegovina | return to consignor |
9 | 14/12/2016 | 2016.BQM | Italy | electric immersion blenders from China unfit for use as food contact material | placed under customs seals |
10 | 20/12/2016 | 2016.BRO | Croatia | deterioration of organoleptic characteristics (strange smell) of food in contact with plastic bottle from Bosnia and Herzegovina | return to consignor |
11 | 20/12/2016 | 2016.BRS | United Kingdom | migration of primary aromatic amines (0.11 mg/kg - ppm) from kitchen ustensil set from China | |
12 | 22/12/2016 | 2016.BSH | Italy | migration of chromium (26.2 mg/kg - ppm), of nickel (1.1 mg/kg - ppm) and of manganese (64.3 mg/kg - ppm) and too high level of overall migration (728 mg/kg - ppm) from cappucino maker from China | re-dispatch |