EU alert · RASFF Risk: Potentially serious Food contact materials
Specific migration of inorganic arsenic from a cast-iron pan
Validated by the European Commission: · Ref. 2025.9193
Summary
Information notification for follow-up notified by Slovenia concerning Cast-iron pan (food contact materials), originating from China. Hazard: heavy metals.
A RASFF notification means that a risk was identified and shared between national authorities. It does not necessarily mean the product was sold in every country — check the distribution list and the measures taken.
Product
Cast-iron pan
- Category
- Food contact materials
- Product type
- Food contact material
- Classification
- Information notification for follow-up
Hazards found (analytical results)
- arsenic - migration - heavy metals — result: 0.011 ± 0.003 mg inorganic arsenic per kilogram of food simulant (third migration test) mg/kg - ppm (max. permitted: - null)
Measures taken
- Distribution status: No distribution from notifying country
- Notification basis: Official control on the market
Distributed to
Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden
Source: RASFF Window — European Commission
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