In December 2015, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed(RASFF) of EU have notified 12 cases of Food Contact Materials (FCM) products, 11 cases of which are originated from China.
The subject notified are mainly overall migration and migration of chromium, nickel, manganese from stainless steel articles, color migration from nylon tongs and so on. The details are as below:
|
No. |
Date |
Notified by |
Origin |
Subject |
Notification type |
Action taken |
|
1 |
07/12/2015 |
Estonia |
China |
migration of formaldehyde (53.1 mg/kg - ppm) from bread bins with bamboo cutting boards from China, via Finland |
information for follow-up |
withdrawal from the market |
|
2 |
07/12/2015 |
Lithuania |
China |
deterioration of organoleptic characteristics (unsuitable taste of water) of food in contact with electric kettle from China, via Austria |
information for follow-up |
return to consignor |
|
3 |
15/12/2015 |
Italy |
China |
migration of chromium (0.3 mg/kg - ppm) and of nickel (0.3 mg/kg - ppm) and too high level of overall migration (21 mg/kg - ppm) from stainless steel cruets from China |
border rejection |
re-dispatch |
|
4 |
16/12/2015 |
Italy |
China |
migration of nickel (0.3 mg/kg - ppm) and of manganese (0.15 mg/kg - ppm) and too high level of overall migration (20 mg/dm2) from hand mixer from China |
border rejection |
placed under customs seals |
|
5 |
17/12/2015 |
Italy |
Hong Kong |
too high level of overall migration (103 mg/dm2) from electric ovens from Hong Kong |
border rejection |
import not authorised |
|
6 |
21/12/2015 |
Italy |
China |
migration of chromium (2.2 mg/l) from stainless steel knives from China |
border rejection |
destruction |
|
7 |
21/12/2015 |
Italy |
China |
colour migration from nylon tongs from China |
border rejection |
placed under customs seals |
|
8 |
22/12/2015 |
Netherlands |
Hong Kong |
absence of declaration of compliance for plastic kitchen ustensils from Hong Kong |
border rejection |
destruction |
|
9 |
23/12/2015 |
Italy |
China |
migration of chromium (30.4; 16.7; 30.8 mg/l) from stainless steel knives, spoons and forks from China |
border rejection |
destruction |
|
10 |
28/12/2015 |
France |
Tunisia |
migration of lead (15.5 mg/l) and of aluminium (8.3 mg/l) from ceramic cup from Tunisia |
information for attention |
recall from consumers |
|
11 |
28/12/2015 |
Italy |
China |
migration of chromium (9.2 mg/l) from kitchen knives set from China |
information for follow-up |
|
|
12 |
28/12/2015 |
Italy |
China |
migration of chromium (0.9 mg/kg - ppm) from steel cheese knive from China, via Hong Kong |
border rejection |
official detention |