These notifications report melamine, either in food itself or moving into food from melamine tableware.
66 notifications since 1 January 2020 named melamine, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 1 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 1 in the 365 days before, no change. 35% were border rejections and 8% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were China (43), Denmark (2) and the United Kingdom (2). The product categories named most often were food contact materials (66). The products named most often were cups and mugs (21), plates and bowls (15) and food containers (3).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 on food contact materials, Article 3; Food contact materials, EFSA.
Counts start on 1 January 2020 and run to 8 November 2026, the day the list was last read. A notification that names two countries of origin counts for each. Findings come from our word list matched against the EU subject line, which is never shown; 96% of all notifications match it, the rest count as other finding. Each reference links to the official record on RASFF Window. How this works.
Latest notifications that named melamine
The newest 25 of 66, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: melamine and missing or incorrect health certificates and documents in kitchen utensils from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9755, validated 3 November 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: melamine in cups and mugs from Thailand, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.5979, validated 18 August 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Croatia: melamine and missing or incorrect health certificates and documents in a food contact material from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.2644, validated 4 April 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: melamine in plates and bowls from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.1581, validated 5 March 2024.
- Border rejection notified by France: melamine in kitchen utensils from China, risk decision serious, reference 2023.6637, validated 2 October 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in food containers from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.3218, validated 15 May 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material of unknown origin, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.6889, validated 25 November 2022.
- Border rejection notified by France: melamine in a food contact material from Taiwan, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.5596, validated 27 September 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.5560, validated 26 September 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.4935, validated 26 August 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in food containers from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.4815, validated 19 August 2022.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: melamine in a food contact material from China, risk decision serious, reference 2022.4245, validated 20 July 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.3473, validated 13 June 2022.
- Alert notified by France: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material of unknown origin, risk decision serious, reference 2022.2287, validated 19 April 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: melamine, bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic and foreign bodies in plates and bowls from Italy, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.1893, validated 30 March 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Czechia: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from Denmark, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.1640, validated 21 March 2022.
- Border rejection notified by France: melamine in kitchen utensils from China, risk decision serious, reference 2022.1041, validated 22 February 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.0085, validated 5 January 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Finland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in cups and mugs from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.0059, validated 5 January 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.0079, validated 5 January 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in cups and mugs from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.0049, validated 5 January 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Finland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in cups and mugs of unknown origin, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.7017, validated 21 December 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in kitchenware from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.6992, validated 20 December 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in cups and mugs from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.6990, validated 20 December 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Luxembourg: melamine and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.6121, validated 10 November 2021.
Other process and environmental contaminants: mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH), 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 40 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 1 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 23 | 35% |
| Alert | 1 | 2% |
| Information for follow up | 30 | 45% |
| Information for attention | 12 | 18% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 5 | 8% |
| Potentially serious | 1 | 2% |
| Potential risk | 1 | 2% |
| Not serious | 54 | 82% |
| Undecided | 4 | 6% |
| No risk | 1 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Cups and mugs | 21 |
| Plates and bowls | 15 |
| Food containers | 3 |
| Kitchen utensils | 3 |
| Kitchenware | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 43 | 65% |
| Origin not given | 12 | 18% |
| Denmark | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Malta | 1 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Thailand | 1 | 2% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Food contact materials | 66 | 100% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Finland | 17 | 26% |
| Poland | 16 | 24% |
| Spain | 7 | 11% |
| France | 4 | 6% |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 6% |
| Austria | 3 | 5% |
| Estonia | 3 | 5% |
| Ireland | 2 | 3% |
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