[RASFF] Overview of RASFF FCM notifications in February 2017
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The European Commission validated 243 RASFF notifications this month, including 214 notifications on food, accounting for 88.07%; 22 notifications on feed, accounting for 9.05%; 7 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 2.88%.

There are more details on FCM notifications as below:

SN

Date

Notifying country

Subject

Action taken

1

08/02/2017

Italy

migration of manganese (0.29; 0.32; 0.3; 0.34 mg/l) from stainless steel drums from Italy

withdrawal from the market

2

13/02/2017

Italy

migration of chromium (0.4 mg/l) from table knives from China

withdrawal from the market

3

03/02/2017

Italy

too high level of overall migration (106 mg/kg - ppm) from single-use glove from Indonesia

re-dispatch

4

06/02/2017

Spain

migration of formaldehyde (26.7 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine bowl from China

5

08/02/2017

Italy

migration of chromium (0.5; 0.3 mg/kg - ppm) and of manganese (13.6; 6.5 mg/kg - ppm) from steel mincer from China

6

09/02/2017

Italy

high content of DBP - dibutyl phthalate (3.1 mg/kg - ppm) in freezer bags from Hong Kong

re-dispatch

7

24/02/2017

Italy

migration of manganese (0.2; 0.1 mg/kg - ppm) from steel strainers from China

re-dispatch

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