In March 2017, the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) sent 11 validated notifications about disqualified FCM (food contact materials) products which originated from China through the system. The notifying states include Italy, Spain, Denmark, and Finland. Tableware and kitchenware are still the main kinds of notified products. The problem mainly concentrated on the migration of chromium, manganese, lead, formaldehyde and overall migration. CTI remind manufacturers to pay close attention to it. The details are as follows:
No. | Date | Notification type | Notifying country | Origin country | Subject | Action taken |
1. | 2017/3/31 | information for follow-up | Italy | China | too high level of overall migration (385; 429; 465 mg/dm²) from cake molds | Recall from customers |
2. | 2017/3/31 | border rejection | Spain | China | migration of formaldehyde (22.5 mg/kg – ppm) from and absence of certified analytical report for melamine fruit plate | Import not authorised |
3. | 2017/3/31 | border rejection | Italy | China | migration of nickel (0.7 mg/kg – ppm) from barbeque grill | Official detention |
4. | 2017/3/27 | border rejection | Denmark | China | migration of formaldehyde (51 mg/kg – ppm) from melamin sushi plates with lids | Destruction |
5. | 2017/3/15 | border rejection | Finland | China | migration of lead (0.62 mg/dm²) from rim of mugs | Official detention |
6. | 2017/3/15 | information for attention | Italy | China | migration of chromium (6.2; 5.3; 7.6 mg/l) and too high level of overall migration (16; 15; 20 mg/dm²) from stainless steel coffee spoons | Official detention |
7. | 2017/3/13 | border rejection | Italy | China | migration of lead (54 µg/kg – ppb) from barbecue with stainless steel grill | Placed under customs seal |
8. | 2017/3/10 | border rejection | Italy | China | outer coating coming off from plastic forks | Official detention |
9. | 2017/3/9 | border rejection | Italy | China | migration of manganese (0.245 mg/kg – ppm) from pressure cookers | Placed under customs seal |
10. | 2017/3/2 | alert | Austria | China | glow stick straw unfit for use as food contact material (contains butylbenzoate that may leak into the drink) | Public warning- press release |
11. | 2017/3/2 | information for follow-up | Italy | China | migration of chromium from steak knives | Recall from customers |