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RASFF STATISTICS (The Second Issue 2023)

2023-04-06 523

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