Eu Food exposure product safety Alert in August

Since August 2020, the EU's Rasff-Food and Feed Safety Alerts have been consistently reporting offending products, focusing on excessive levels of lead and aluminium in metal cooking utensils and the migration of primary aromatic amines in nylon cooking utensils.GST reminds relevant enterprises to do a good job in product quality control to avoid becoming the next reported case.

 

Representative cases are summarized as follows:

 

Case 1

 

Products: Plastic ice - cooled drinks

 

Notification country: Germany

 

Place of Origin: China

 

Cause of notification: Choking hazard

 

Action: Recall from consumers

 

Case 2

 

Products: Oven grills and drawers

 

Notification country: Italy

 

Origin: Turkey

 

Reason for notification: Nickel migration exceeds standard

 

Action: Return to shipper

 

Case 3

 

Product: Water cup

 

Notification country: Finland

 

Place of Origin: China

 

Reason for notification: melamine migration exceeds standard

 

Action: Refuse import

 

Cases 4

 

Product: Metal cover

 

Notifying country: Greece

 

Place of Origin: China

 

Reason for notification: Not suitable for contact with acidic food

 

Action: Re-label

 

Case 5

 

Product: Nylon kitchen utensils and appliances

 

Notification country: United Kingdom

 

Place of Origin: China

 

Notification reason: primary aromatic amine migration exceeded the standard

 

Action: Destroy the product

 

Case 6

 

Product: Metal pan

 

Notification country: Belgium

 

Country of origin: Senegal

 

Cause of notification: excessive migration of lead and aluminum

 

Action: Public news alert

 

Case 7

 

Product: Silicone cake baking mat

 

Notification country: Slovenia

 

Place of Origin: China

 

Reason for notification: High volatile organic matter content

 

Action: Notify the recipient

 

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