China SAMR Issued 2019 Food-Related Products National Sampling Results

The results of the 2019 national sampling inspection showed that the food-related products with a 100% qualification rate included: PET bottles, plastic bottles for infant and young children, plastic cup, plastic disposable tableware, aluminum, and aluminum alloy non-stick pan, plastic chopping board and stainless kitchenware. Products with a high disqualification rate will be subject to more stringent supervision in follow-up inspection, including electric food processing equipment, pressure cookers, and paper cups.

As revealed by a SAMR announcement issued on Jan. 16, 2020, 3110 batches of food-related products from 3097 enterprises were inspected during the recent national sampling, of which the overall qualification rate reached 95.1%.

This national sampling involves 24 kinds of food-related products, including composite film bags, plastic bottles for infant and young children, plastic cup and etc. Here are the inspection details:

Products	Inspected batches	Disqualification rate	Unqualified items
Composite film and bags	600	1.3%	evaporation residue (overall migration amount) residual solvent amount barrier property (oxygen) barrier property (vapor)
Non-composite film and bags	400	3%	barrier property (oxygen) barrier property (vapor) ultimate strength
PET bottles	181	0	/
Plastic bottles for infant and young children	60	0	/
Plastic cup	75	0	/
Melamine plastic tableware	80	10%	stain resistance
Plastic disposable tableware	160	0	/
Plastic chopping board	40	0	/
Food-contact paper and paperboard materials	120	0.8%	boundary permeability
Food-contact paper container	179	7.8%	compressive strength anti-seepage performance heat resistance test rapid leakage test
Wine glass bottles	150	1.3%	shock resistance inner surface water tolerance
Food glass bottles and cans	40	2.5%	inner surface water tolerance
Food-contact glassware	74	6.8%	98℃ hydrolytic resistance (water resistance of glass particles)
Stainless steel vacuum flask	20	5%	insulation performance shock resistance
Stainless kitchenware	90	0	/
Aluminum and aluminum alloy non-stick pan	20	0	/
Pressure-cooker	20	15%	working pressure pressure relief rupture pressure
commercial electric-heating food processing equipment for cooking	79	34.2%	protection against access to live parts grounding measures supply connection and external flexible cords stability and mechanical hazards structure input power and current screws and connections abnormal operation leakage current and electrical strength under working temperature
commercial electric food processing equipment for cooking	60	46.7%	protection against access to live parts grounding measures supply connection and external flexible cords stability and mechanical hazards structure screws and connections abnormal operation leakage current and electrical strength
tableware detergent	220	5.9%	formaldehyde content total active ingredient content total plate count
Disposable bamboo chopsticks	160	3.1%	mold level sulfur dioxide leaching amount