The European Commission validated 344 RASFF notifications this month, including 322 notifications on food, accounting for 93.60%; 13 notifications on feed, accounting for 3.78%; 9 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 2.62%, in which 5 products from China are contained, accounting for 55.56%.
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 | countries concerned | subject | action taken | distribution status | risk decision |
1 | 01/09/2017 | 2017.1337 | Czech Republic | Belgium (D), China (O), Czech Republic (D), France (D), Germany, Hungary (D), INFOSAN, Italy (D), Poland (D), Slovakia (D), Spain (D) | migration of formaldehyde (317.4 mg/kg - ppm) from plastic cups from China, via Germany | withdrawal from the market | distribution to other member countries | serious |
2 | 22/09/2017 | 2017.1494 | Germany | Austria (D), China (O), Germany (D), INFOSAN, Luxembourg (D) | migration of arsenic (1.32; 0.44; 0.59 mg/dm²), of cadmium (0.04; 0.026; 0.023 mg/dm²) and of antimony (0.73; 0.21; 0.27 mg/dm²) from BBQ grills from China | detained by operator | distribution to other member countries | serious |
3 | 11/09/2017 | 2017.BQJ | Italy | China (O), Italy | migration of chromium (0.3 mg/kg - ppm) from steel kitchen knives from China | official detention | product not (yet) placed on the market | not serious |
4 | 15/09/2017 | 2017.BQY | Italy | China (O), Italy | migration of manganese (2.4 mg/kg - ppm) from frying pot basket from China | placed under customs seals | product not (yet) placed on the market | undecided |
5 | 29/09/2017 | 2017.BSY | Italy | China (O), Italy | migration of nickel (0.6 mg/kg - ppm) from steel kitchen pliers from China | destruction | product allowed to travel to destination under customs seals | undecided |
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