Kitchen utensils
Marks and Spencer
Kitchen/cooking accessoriesChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- UK
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The products pose a chemical risk because they contain Primary Aromatic Amines which are a potential carcinogen. The levels are in excess of the amount permitted under Directive 2002/72/EC on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (0.01 mg/kg). Only products from one source are affected but the recall relates to all the utensils.
Measures taken
- Voluntary recall from consumers by the distributor. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- A selection of stainless steel and nylon kitchen utensils branded as M & S. Other than the above codes there are no further identifiers on the products or their packaging.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0878/09 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2009-25
- Published
- 2 July 2009
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum Notification 0826/09 from week 24 of 2009 has been removed at the request of the notifying country.
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