These notifications are about plastic kitchenware and tableware made with bamboo or other plant fibre. Like every food contact material, they must not pass their constituents into food in quantities that could endanger health.
343 notifications since 1 January 2020 named bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic, 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 4 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 10 in the 365 days before, down 60%. 23% were border rejections and 7% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were China (215), Germany (15) and France (14). The product categories named most often were food contact materials (324), fruit and vegetables (8) and other and mixed food products (5). The products named most often were plates and bowls (97), cups and mugs (94) and food containers (15).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 on food contact materials, Article 3; Food contact materials, European Commission.
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 bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic
The newest 25 of 343, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in baking tins and moulds from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8008, validated 10 September 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Greece: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.7922, validated 8 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Switzerland: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2152, validated 13 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in kitchen utensils from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.9219, validated 21 November 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in kitchenware from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.6980, validated 11 September 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in kitchenware from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.6322, validated 19 August 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Latvia: bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.5311, validated 11 July 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.3808, validated 22 May 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.3733, validated 20 May 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in food containers from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.2870, validated 16 April 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in cups and mugs from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.1898, validated 14 March 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.0253, validated 15 January 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.0255, validated 15 January 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.0139, validated 9 January 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Malta: bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in bottles and flasks of unknown origin, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.8247, validated 7 November 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Greece: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in cups and mugs from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.7274, validated 2 October 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in kitchenware from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.6721, validated 12 September 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: unauthorised novel food and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in tea from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.6155, validated 12 August 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Malta: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in drinking straws from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.5935, validated 2 August 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.5115, validated 3 July 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Malta: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.4296, validated 4 June 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: unauthorised novel food and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in fruit or vegetables from Thailand, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.3269, validated 24 April 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from Hong Kong, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.3263, validated 23 April 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in food containers from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.2097, validated 19 March 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Malta: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.0863, validated 7 February 2024.
Other food contact materials: migration from a food contact material.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 16 |
| 2021 | 178 |
| 2022 | 93 |
| 2023 | 29 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2025 | 11 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 3 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 80 | 23% |
| Alert | 14 | 4% |
| Information for follow up | 160 | 47% |
| Information for attention | 89 | 26% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 23 | 7% |
| Potentially serious | 4 | 1% |
| Potential risk | 29 | 8% |
| Not serious | 252 | 73% |
| Undecided | 33 | 10% |
| No risk | 2 | under 1% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Plates and bowls | 97 |
| Cups and mugs | 94 |
| Food containers | 15 |
| Kitchenware | 14 |
| Kitchen utensils | 9 |
| Drinking straws | 3 |
| Food supplements | 2 |
| Baking tins and moulds | 1 |
| Bottles and flasks | 1 |
| Cans and lids | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 215 | 63% |
| Origin not given | 61 | 18% |
| Germany | 15 | 4% |
| France | 14 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 3% |
| India | 7 | 2% |
| Spain | 6 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 2% |
| Belgium | 4 | 1% |
| Italy | 4 | 1% |
| Denmark | 3 | under 1% |
| Hong Kong | 3 | under 1% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Food contact materials | 324 | 94% |
| Fruit and vegetables | 8 | 2% |
| Other and mixed food products | 5 | 1% |
| Food supplements and dietetic foods | 3 | under 1% |
| Cereals and bakery products | 1 | under 1% |
| Cocoa, coffee and tea | 1 | under 1% |
| Feed materials | 1 | under 1% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 65 | 19% |
| Germany | 44 | 13% |
| Poland | 32 | 9% |
| Belgium | 28 | 8% |
| Finland | 26 | 8% |
| Ireland | 23 | 7% |
| Luxembourg | 21 | 6% |
| Malta | 17 | 5% |
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