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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