RASFF Notifications of Chinese FCM Products
In January 2016, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed(RASFF) of EU has sent 4 validated notifications about disqualified FCM products originated from China through the system. The notifying states include Italy, Germany and Finland. Kitchenware are still the main kinds of notified products. The problem mainly concentrated on the migration of formaldehyde, melamine, cadmium, etc.. NG28 reminds relevant manufacturers to pay high attention to it. The details are as follow.
Date | Notification type | Notified by | Origin | Subject | Action taken |
11/01/2016 | border rejection | Italy | China | food preservation boxes unfit for use as food contact material | detained by operator |
20/01/2016 | information for follow-up | Germany | China | migration of formaldehyde (17 mg/kg - ppm) and of melamine (5.7 mg/kg - ppm) from skimmer, spatula and spaghetti spoon | detained by operator |
26/01/2016 | border rejection | Finland | China | migration of cadmium (0.27 mg/dm) from porcelain mug | official detention |
28/01/2016 | border rejection | Finland | China |