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Follow on Google News | EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) Publishes 2014 ResultsThe Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) preliminary annual report 2014 not only includes the market surveillance activities connected to food and feedstuff but for food contact materials (FCM) as well.
Food Safety Management Focus of the RASFF The criteria for notification to the RASFF (http://ec.europa.eu/ Food Contact Materials (FCM) Included in Report In the preliminary 2014 report (http://ec.europa.eu/ The most frequent findings for FCM are connected to release of heavy metals. Release of chromium and manganese are of particular concern, repeating the findings in 2013. Both parameters together account for 34.1% of all FCM notifications in 2014 - ranking fourth and eighth, respectively, in the top 10 of the RASFF report. It has been reported that the country of origin of the concerned products is China in both cases. Nickel release also contributed significantly to the notifications. Including it in the statistics of heavy metal release related notifications it totals 42.9% of all FCM related findings. The most active EU Member State for surveillance of FCM in 2014 has again been Italy. The top 10 RASSF notifications in 2014 by country of origin are listed in a table within the latest SGS Safeguards bulletin (http://newsletter.sgs.com/ About SGSHardgoods Safety Services SGS technical experts have extensive knowledge and testing experience in materials and articles in contact with food (http://www.sgs.com/ Contact details: SGS Consumer Testing Services SGS Germany GmbH Im Maisel 14 65232 Taunusstein Germany Website: http://www.sgs.com/ SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 80,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,650 offices and laboratories around the world. End
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