During the first quarter of 2018, China AQSIQ publicized data on 69 batches of non-compliant imported industrial products, including 7 batches of unqualified food contact materials and articles. The rejections mainly resulted from excessive bacterial colonies, unqualified product identification, and excessive concentration of volatile substances. The following table shows details.
Table 1 Non-compliant imported food contact materials and products (Q1 of2018)
Number | Product | Origin | Subject | Action taken | Port of entry |
1 | Roll paper | China | excessive bacterial colonies | destroyed | Zhuhai |
2 | Roll paper | China | excessive bacterial colonies | destroyed | Zhuhai |
3 | Roll paper | China | unqualified product identification | destroyed | Zhuhai |
4 | Roll paper | China | unqualified product identification | destroyed | Zhuhai |
5 | Silicon Feeding Bottle | Korea | volatile substances exceed the limit level | returned | Jiangsu |
6 | Silicon Nipple | Korea | volatile substances exceed the limit level | returned | Jiangsu |
7 | Silicon Feeding Bottle | Korea | volatile substances exceed the limit level | returned | Jiangsu |
On February 26th, AQSIQ announced the focus of the "Product Quality Supervision Campaign" in 2018, stating that it would highlight the supervision of food related products and strengthen the safety supervision from the perspective of production licenses, sampling inspection and risk management. Regarding supervision of food related products, risk monitoring will be required for 13 products including paper products for food contact use and 10 processing technique such as curing of composite film.
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