Recently, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) of EU has sent 16 validated notifications about disqualified FCM (food contact materials) products through the system, 11 cases of which originated from China, 2 cases from the United States, 1 case from Spain, 1 case from Belgium, 1 case from Turkey. The main reasons for violations were products with plant fibers (2 cases), migration of primary aromatic amines above limits (4 cases), migration of heavy metals above limits (4 cases), migration of formaldehyde above limits (2 cases), migration of phthalates above limits (1 case), quality defect (1 case).
No. | Date | Notification Type | Notifying Country | Origin Country | Subject | Action Taken |
1 | 2023-2-27 | border rejection | Spain | China | Primary aromatic amine above the MRL in polyamide tableware | Official detention |
2 | 2023-2-23 | alert | France | China | Migration of DBP - dibutyl phthalate, of DEHP - di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and of DIBP - diisobutyl phthalate from cardboard plates | Withdrawal from the market |
3 | 2023-2-23 | information for attention | Spain | United States | Global migration above limit in FCM | Informing authorities |
4 | 2023-2-20 | information for follow-up | Germany | China | Increasing migration of formaldehyde (20.2 mg/l) from bamboo children's plates | Withdrawal from the market |
5 | 2023-2-20 | information for attention | Italy | China | Migration of chromium and too high level of overall migration from kitchen steel forks | Withdrawal from the market |
6 | 2023-2-20 | information for follow-up | Ireland | Turkey | Migration limits exceeded for copper and zinc in nylon spaghetti servers | No measures found |
7 | 2023-2-16 | information for follow-up | Spain | China | Unauthorised use of bamboo fibres in children's dinner sets | Destruction |
8 | 2023-2-16 | alert | Ireland | China | Migration of Elevated Levels Primary Aromatic Amines (PAAs) from Nylon Ladle | Withdrawal from recipient(s); Public warning - press release ; Destruction |
9 | 2023-2-15 | information for follow-up | Belgium | Belgium | quality defect in glass bottles | No measures found |
10 | 2023-2-15 | border rejection | Spain | China | Migration above limit Migration of primary aromatic amines over the limit in Chinese poliamide FCMs | Official detention |
11 | 2023-2-13 | border rejection | France | Hong Kong | Migration of primary aromatic amines from sets of polyamide kitchen tools | Destruction |
12 | 2023-2-13 | alert | Germany | China | migration of chromium, of iron, of manganese, of vanadium and of antimony from cast iron grill pans | Recall from consumer |
13 | 2023-2-10 | information for follow-up | Spain | China | Unauthorised use of bamboo and other plant fibres in articles | Destruction |
14 | 2023-2-10 | alert | France | Spain | Cobalt, aluminium and arsenic in a ceramic casserole dish with lid | Withdrawal from the market |
15 | 2023-2-9 | border rejection | Poland | United States | too high level of overall migration from plastic dinnerware | Return to consignor |
16 | 2023-2-7 | border rejection | Ireland | China | migration of formaldehyde from plastic mugs | Official detention |