The European Commission validated 268 RASFF notifications this month, including 240 notifications on food, accounting for 89.55%; 20 notifications on feed, accounting for 7.46%; 8 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 2.99%, in which 4 products from China are contained, accounting for 50%.
The prime hazards for FCMs are migration of elements.
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 | 02/02/2018 | 2018.0276 | Italy | China (O), Italy | migration of chromium (0.237 mg/dm²), of nickel (4.16 mg/dm²) and of manganese (1.84 mg/dm²) and too high level of overall migration (128 mg/dm²) from pasta machine from China | placed under customs seals | product not (yet) placed on the market | undecided |
2 | 06/02/2018 | 2018.0302 | Finland | China (O), Finland, Singapore | migration of formaldehyde (12:16 mg/kg - ppm) and of melamine (8.0:4.3 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine salad bowls from China | official detention | no distribution from notifying country | serious |
3 | 09/02/2018 | 2018.0345 | Italy | China (O), Italy | migration of chromium (0.37 mg/kg - ppm) from steel kitchen knives from China | withdrawal from the market | distribution restricted to notifying country | Not serious |
4 | 09/02/2018 | 2018.0348 | Germany | Austria (D), Belgium (D), China (O), Croatia (D), Germany (D), Hungary (D), Italy (D), Kazakhstan (D), Luxembourg (D), Romania (D), Slovenia (D), Spain, Switzerland (D) | migration of cobalt (from 2.6 to 13 mg/l) from coffee and tea cups from China | recall from consumers | distribution to other member countries | undecided |
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