Failure Rate of Food Contact Products Hit Record High in 2018

Radom inspection by SAMR showed 4.4% of food contact products were found not compliant. During GAC sampling in 2018, imported food contact materials demonstrated the lowest failure rate in recorded history at just 2.9%.

On April 25, 2019, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) publicized the results of its 2018 sampling inspections^[1].

Food machinery poses highest safety risk

A total of 24 types and 2304 batches of food related products were subjected to random inspections. Stratified by category the highest failure rate was seen in commercial electrical food processing equipment which clocked in at a massive 20% failure rate.

Non-compliance rate	Type of food contact product
0%	PET bottle, stainless steel kitchen ware, plastic cup, plastic nursing bottle, food contact metal can, PC drinking tank, food contact metal cap, plastic chopping board, pressure cooker, stainless steel vacuum cup.
<10%	Paper and paperboard for food packaging use, disposable plastic tableware, food contact glass utensil, glass wine bottle, non-composite membrane and bag, composite membrane and bag, aluminum or its alloy cookware, food contact paper container, glass container, melamine plastic tableware.
10~20%	Paper cup
>20%	Commercial electrical food processing equipment and their products

GAC reported 2.9% imported food contact products not compliant

Compared with statistics of the past several years^[2], imported food contact products came in better-than-expected at 2.9%, according to sampling inspection over imported goods conducted by General Administration of Customs^[3] (GAC).