EU alert · RASFF Risk: Potentially serious Food contact materials
Excessive nickel detected in spaghetti spoon
Validated by the European Commission: · Ref. 2026.1892
Summary
Alert notification notified by Ireland concerning Spaghetti spoon (food contact materials), originating from Netherlands. Hazard: heavy metals.
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Product
Spaghetti spoon
- Category
- Food contact materials
- Product type
- Food contact material
- Classification
- Alert notification
Hazards found (analytical results)
- nickel - migration - heavy metals — result: 0.052 ±0.011 mg/kg - ppm (max. permitted: 0.02 mg/kg - ppm)
- nickel - migration — result: 0.138 ±0.029 mg/kg - ppm (max. permitted: 0.02 mg/kg - ppm)
Measures taken
- Distribution status: Distribution to non-member countries only
- Notification basis: Official control on the market
Distributed to
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom (northern Ireland)
Source: RASFF Window — European Commission
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