22 notifications on food contact materials from France since 1 January 2020. That is 1% of all EU notifications on products from France and 2% of all notifications on food contact materials from any origin; France ranks 7 of 55 origins for this category. 2 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 1 in the 365 days before, up 100%.
Most reported: migration from a food contact material (17), bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic (9) and chromium (2). 0% were border rejections (28% for food contact materials from all origins) and 32% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were pots and pans (4), plates and bowls (3) and kitchen utensils (2).
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 on food contact materials from France
The newest 22 of 22, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: lead and migration from a food contact material in pots and pans from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.7373, validated 7 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1863, validated 5 March 2026.
- Alert notified by France: manganese in pots and pans from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1307, validated 25 February 2025.
- Alert notified by France: a finding outside our word list in kitchen utensils from France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4797, validated 21 June 2024.
- Alert notified by France: arsenic and chromium in pots and pans from France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.3480, validated 30 April 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: cadmium in plates and bowls from France, risk decision serious, reference 2023.7449, validated 31 October 2023.
- Alert notified by France: migration from a food contact material in kitchen utensils from France, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4368, validated 28 June 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: migration from a food contact material in pots and pans from France, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4298, validated 26 June 2023.
- Alert notified by Germany: lead, chromium and migration from a food contact material in a food contact material from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.2804, validated 28 April 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in cups and mugs from Belgium and France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.1101, validated 15 February 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Cyprus: migration from a food contact material in packaging films and papers from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.2948, validated 19 May 2022.
- Alert notified by France: migration from a food contact material in plates and bowls from France, risk decision serious, reference 2022.1793, validated 25 March 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in kitchenware from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.5955, validated 4 November 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in kitchenware from France and the Netherlands, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.5760, validated 25 October 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in plates and bowls from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.5642, validated 19 October 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.3234, validated 21 June 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.3230, validated 21 June 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.3231, validated 21 June 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.2853, validated 3 June 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.2398, validated 12 May 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: migration from a food contact material and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in a food contact material from France, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.0962, validated 11 March 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: migration from a food contact material in a food contact material from France, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.1660, validated 16 April 2020.
More: all notifications on products from France and food contact materials from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 2 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 8 | 36% |
| Information for follow up | 12 | 55% |
| Information for attention | 2 | 9% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 7 | 32% |
| Potentially serious | 4 | 18% |
| Not serious | 9 | 41% |
| Undecided | 2 | 9% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Migration from a food contact material | 17 | 77% |
| Bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic | 9 | 41% |
| Chromium | 2 | 9% |
| Lead | 2 | 9% |
| Aluminium | 1 | 5% |
| Arsenic | 1 | 5% |
| Cadmium | 1 | 5% |
| Foreign bodies | 1 | 5% |
| Manganese | 1 | 5% |
| Other finding | 1 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Pots and pans | 4 |
| Plates and bowls | 3 |
| Kitchen utensils | 2 |
| Kitchenware | 2 |
| Bottles and flasks | 1 |
| Cups and mugs | 1 |
| Packaging films and papers | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 8 | 36% |
| France | 5 | 23% |
| Germany | 4 | 18% |
| Spain | 3 | 14% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 5% |
| Denmark | 1 | 5% |
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