30 notifications on food contact materials from Italy since 1 January 2020. That is 2% of all EU notifications on products from Italy and 2% of all notifications on food contact materials from any origin; Italy ranks 5 of 55 origins for this category. 6 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 3 in the 365 days before, up 100%.
Most reported: migration from a food contact material (13), lead (11) and foreign bodies (4). 0% were border rejections (28% for food contact materials from all origins) and 43% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were food containers (10), plates and bowls (5) and kitchen utensils (3).
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 Italy
The newest 25 of 30, 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 in food containers from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6035, validated 7 July 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: undeclared milk in packaging films and papers from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1253, validated 16 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: migration from a food contact material in food containers from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0827, validated 30 January 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Greece: a finding outside our word list in plates and bowls from Italy, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.10053, validated 31 December 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: migration from a food contact material in kitchen utensils from Italy, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.9741, validated 5 December 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: migration from a food contact material in a food contact material from Italy, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.9598, validated 1 December 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: lead and migration from a food contact material in a food contact material from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6519, validated 26 August 2025.
- Alert notified by Italy: lead and migration from a food contact material in food containers from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2025.5779, validated 30 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: migration from a food contact material in plates and bowls from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.8499, validated 18 November 2024.
- Alert notified by France: lead in food containers from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8036, validated 30 October 2024.
- Alert notified by France: a finding outside our word list in packaging films and papers from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2024.7255, validated 1 October 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in cups and mugs from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.6096, validated 8 August 2024.
- Alert notified by France: migration from a food contact material in baking tins and moulds from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4564, validated 13 June 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: foreign bodies in food containers from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.3833, validated 16 May 2024.
- Alert notified by France: lead in food containers from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2024.1401, validated 27 February 2024.
- Alert notified by France: lead in food containers from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2024.1377, validated 27 February 2024.
- Alert notified by France: lead in food containers from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2023.7211, validated 23 October 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: lead, nickel and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.7178, validated 20 October 2023.
- Alert notified by France: lead in food containers from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2023.7011, validated 16 October 2023.
- Alert notified by Italy: nickel, chromium and migration from a food contact material in kitchen utensils from China and Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.7040, validated 16 October 2023.
- Alert notified by France: a finding outside our word list in plates and bowls from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2023.6985, validated 13 October 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: migration from a food contact material in plates and bowls from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.5197, validated 1 August 2023.
- Alert notified by Italy: chromium, manganese and migration from a food contact material in kitchen utensils from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2023.5122, validated 28 July 2023.
- Alert notified by France: lead in food containers from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2023.0049, validated 3 January 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: migration from a food contact material in pots and pans from Italy and Slovenia, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.4688, validated 11 August 2022.
More: all notifications on products from Italy and food contact materials from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 3 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 17 | 57% |
| Information for follow up | 12 | 40% |
| Information for attention | 1 | 3% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 13 | 43% |
| Potentially serious | 3 | 10% |
| Potential risk | 7 | 23% |
| Not serious | 4 | 13% |
| Undecided | 3 | 10% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Migration from a food contact material | 13 | 43% |
| Lead | 11 | 37% |
| Other finding | 5 | 17% |
| Foreign bodies | 4 | 13% |
| Chromium | 2 | 7% |
| Nickel | 2 | 7% |
| Cadmium | 1 | 3% |
| Manganese | 1 | 3% |
| Melamine | 1 | 3% |
| Mercury | 1 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Food containers | 10 |
| Plates and bowls | 5 |
| Kitchen utensils | 3 |
| Cups and mugs | 2 |
| Packaging films and papers | 2 |
| Baking tins and moulds | 1 |
| Bottles and flasks | 1 |
| Cans and lids | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 10 | 33% |
| Italy | 7 | 23% |
| Germany | 6 | 20% |
| Belgium | 4 | 13% |
| Denmark | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
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