The European Commission validated354 RASFF notifications this month, including 333 notifications on food, accounting for 94.06%; 13 notifications on feed, accounting for 3.67%; 8 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 2.25%, in which 7 products from China are contained, accounting for 87.50%.
The prime hazards for FCMs are migration of elements and excessive levels of heavy metals.
There are more details on FCM notifications as below:
S/N | date | reference | notified by | subject | action taken |
1 | 02/06/2017 | 2017.0780 | Denmark | risk of mouth injury as a result of using shaker from China, manufactured in Denmark | public warning - press release |
2 | 06/06/2017 | 2017.0787 | Poland | migration of lead (3.84; 3.99; 3.5; 3.88 mg/item) from glasses with print from China, via Spain | withdrawal from the market |
3 | 08/06/2017 | 2017.0814 | Czech Republic | migration of formaldehyde (34,74; 33,38 mg/kg - ppm) from plastic tableware set from China, via Belgium | withdrawal from the market |
4 | 16/06/2017 | 2017.0867 | Belgium | too high level of overall migration (coffee spoon: 26.4; dessert spoon: 59.9; fork: 101.7; spoon: 116.7; knife: 145.5 mg/dm²) from bio-based cultery from China, via Hong Kong | withdrawal from the market |
5 | 07/06/2017 | 2017.BAG | Italy | too high level of overall migration (289 mg/kg - ppm) from stainless steel pans from China | placed under customs seals |
6 | 07/06/2017 | 2017.BAI | Italy | migration of chromium ( 2.8 mg/kg - ppm) from scissors from China | re-dispatch |
7 | 21/06/2017 | 2017.BDJ | Italy | too high level of overall migration (52 mg/dm²) from polypropylene cutting boards from China | import not authorised |
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