The European Commission validated 251 RASFF notifications this month, including 225 notifications on food, accounting for 89.64%; 17 notifications on feed, accounting for 6.77%; 9 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 3.59%.
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 04/01/2017 2017.0014 Belgium DINP - di-isononyl phthalate (sum of dinonylphtalate and
diisononylphtalate: 48 mg/kg - ppm) in green olive paste from Portugal, via
Germany withdrawal from the market 2 06/01/2017 2017.0026 Belgium migration of primary aromatic amines (1.6495 mg/kg - ppm) from
spoons from China withdrawal from the market 3 12/01/2017 2017.0053 Belgium migration of primary aromatic amines (7.47 mg/kg - ppm) from
nylon spaghetti servers from China public warning - press release 4 19/01/2017 2017.0084 Czech Republic migration of cadmium (1.92 mg/item) and of lead (19 mg/item)
from gold decorated glasses from the Czech Republic withdrawal from the market 5 20/01/2017 2017.0088 Austria migration of cadmium (0.045 mg/dm²) and of cobalt (0.10 mg/dm²)
from dishware for children from China, via the Netherlands and via Germany public warning - press release 6 26/01/2017 2017.0109 France migration of aluminium (14.8 mg/l) from ceramic baking balls
from the Netherlands recall from consumers 7 31/01/2017 2017.0133 Belgium DINP - di-isononyl phthalate (14 mg/kg - ppm) in peppers in oil
in glass jars from Tunisia withdrawal from the market 8 13/01/2017 2017.ABL Italy migration of manganese (0.4 mg/kg - ppm) and too high level of
overall migration (199 mg/dm²) from anti-adherent baking pans from China re-dispatch 9 31/01/2017 2017.AEG Italy migration of nickel (1.6 mg/l) from steel pressure cookers from
China detained by operator
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