the european commission validated 342 rasff notifications this month, including 313 notifications on food, accounting for 91.52%; 22 notifications on feed, accounting for 6.43%; 7 notifications on food contact materials (fcms), accounting for 2.05%. 6 of the products are from china, accounting for 85.71%.
the prime hazards for fcms are migration of elements.
there are more details on fcm notifications as below:
date | reference | notified by | countries concerned | subject | action taken | distribution status | risk decision |
06/11/2019 | 2019.3894 | lithuania | china (o), latvia, lithuania (d) | migration of nickel (1.2 mg/l) from barbecue grill for fish from china, via latvia | re-dispatch | no distribution from notifying country | not serious |
15/11/2019 | 2019.4030 | germany | austria (d), china (o), germany (d), netherlands (d), poland (d), united kingdom | migration of melamine (6.6 mg/kg - ppm) from bamboo cups for kids from china, via the united kingdom | no stock left | distribution to other member countries | undecided |
15/11/2019 | 2019.4032 | luxembourg | china (o), infosan, luxembourg (d), spain (d) | migration of primary aromatic amines (aniline: 0.072; 4,4'mda: >0.1 mg/kg - ppm) from nylon skimmer from china, via spain | recall from consumers | no distribution to other member countries | serious |
21/11/2019 | 2019.4095 | italy | china (o), italy (d) | steel strainers from china unfit for use as food contact material (steel aisi 201) | official detention | distribution restricted to notifying country | not serious |
27/11/2019 | 2019.4172 | italy | italy, taiwan (o) | inner coating oxidized (rust) of steel cake moulds from taiwan | re-dispatch | product allowed to travel to destination under customs seals | undecided |
27/11/2019 | 2019.4178 | lithuania | bulgaria (d), china (o), estonia (d), latvia (d), lithuania (d), spain (d) | migration of nickel (1.3; 1.9 mg/l) from bbq grill from china | re-dispatch | distribution to other member countries | not serious |