Turkey — Food Contact Materials
Turkey received 7 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Food Contact Materials between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are nickel, migration overall, and migration total. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 11 carry the laboratory result and 11 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import food contact materials from Turkey
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 43%; destroyed 29%; re-dispatched or destroyed 14%; not stated 14%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Greece (3), Croatia (1), Italy (1), of 7 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, May, June, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- corrosion (1), migration overall too high level (1), migration total too high level (1).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8437 Insufficient documentation for plastic food contact materials from Türkiye Notified by Greece.
- 2026.8384 Global migration exceeding the legal limits in plastic plates from Turkey // migración total por encima el límite establecido en platos de plástico de Turquía Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result >LMG Media 104.5 mg /dm2 en ácido acético 3% ±1.3 (limit 10 mg/dm²). migration overall
- 2026.8227 Absence of documentation for food contact materials from Türkiye Notified by Greece.
- 2026.4918 Absence of documentation for recycled plastic food contact materials from Türkiye Notified by Greece.
- 2026.3522 Superamento limiti di migrazione globale in piatti di polipropilene / overall migration beyond limits on polypropylene plates (FCM) from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Result 18 (+/- 5,9) (limit 10 mg/dm²). migration total
- 2025.0676 Knives from Türkiye with signs of corrosion Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. corrosion
- 2024.9142 Not an approved substance CAS number l038843-64-9 for the manufacture of food contact materials. Contradictory information about the type of plastic. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.4403 overall migration in 3% acetic acid from steel cookware Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. migration overall
- 2023.3569 Migrazione di nichel da griglie origine Turchia/migration of nickel (0,3 ± 0,08 mg/Kg) from oven racks from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Result 0,3 ± 0,08 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). nickel
- 2023.3567 Migration of nickel (0.4+/-0.11 mg/kg) from oven racks from Turkey Notified by Italy. Result 0.4 mg/kg+-0.11. nickel
- 2023.3566 Migrazione di nichel da griglie origine Turchia/migration of nickel (0,4 mg/kg+-0,11) from oven racks from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Result 0,4 mg/kg+-0,11 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). nickel
- 2023.2156 migration of nickel (0.9 mg/kg - ppm) from oven racks from Türkiye Notified by Italy. nickel
- 2023.2084 Migration of nickel from oven grids from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 0,2+-0,05mg/Kg. nickel
- 2022.7237 migration of nickel (0.2 mg/kg - ppm) from oven grills from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 0,2+-0,04. nickel
- 2022.7195 Migrazione specifica di nichel da griglie presenti in forni ad incasso dalla turchia//Specific migration of nickel from grates found in built-in ovens from Turkey Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 0.3±0.06 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). nickel
- 2022.6176 Specific migration of nickel from grids present in built-in ovens.Migrazione specifica di nichel da griglie presenti in forni ad incasso. Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 0,4 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). nickel
- 2022.3781 Organoleptic changes in the water bottle Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. organoleptic characteristics altered
- 2022.1410 Migration of colour from a child’s dishes Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. organoleptic characteristics unsuitable
- 2022.0219 Migration of primary aromatic amines (> 0.010 mg/kg - ppm) from plastic kitchenware articles from Turkey Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched. Result > 0,010 mg/kg (limit non detectable - (<0,010mg/kg) null). primary aromatic amines
- 2021.0688 Too much volatile compounds come off from the silicone plates and mug for babies Notified by Finland. Result 0,83-1,0 (limit 0,5 %). volatile organic compounds
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 31 notifications since 2020 concerned food contact materials from Turkey found after entering the EU — 4 alerts, 27 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: official control on the market 68%, at the EU border 23%, company's own check 6%, monitoring or surveillance sample 3%. 4 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 to date | 5 | 0 | 5 |
- 2026.8338 info: follow-upMigrazione globale superiore ai limiti legali in piatti piani riutilizzabili (PP) dalla Turchia;/ Overall migration above legal limits in reusable flat plates (PP) from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. migration total
- 2026.7582 info: attentionOverall migration limit exceeded in plastic dishes from Türkiye Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 15 (limit 10 mg/dm²). migration total
- 2026.2765 info: attentionmigrazione globale oltre i limiti su piatti di plastica riutilizzabili (MOCA) dalla Turchia/overall migration beyond limits on reusable plastic plates (FCM) from Turkey Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 14,28 +/- 1,74 (limit 10 mg/dm²). migration total
- 2026.1204 info: attentionMigration of formaldehyde in a melamine bowl from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 117,4 ± 23 (Α subsample), 106,2 ± 20,8 ( Β subsample), 103,1 ± 20,2 (C subsample) (limit … formaldehyde
- 2026.0710 info: attentionMigration of primary aromatic amines from spatula from Türkiye Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,02064 +/- 0,009329 (limit 0,002 mg/kg - ppm). primary aromatic amines
- 2025.9461 info: attentionMigration of volatile components in silicone kitchen tools from Türkiye Notified by Finland. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.87, 0.83, 0.88 (limit 0.5 %). volatile organic constituents
- 2025.6654 info: follow-upmigracja specyficzna do substancji modelowej TENAX - benzofenonu w wyrobie do kontaktu z żywnością // Migration specific to the TENAX model substance - benzophenone (2.12 ±0.40 mg/kg) from FCM from Türkiye Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2.12 ±0.40 (limit 0,6 mg/kg - ppm). benzophenone
- 2025.5827 info: attentionLead and phtalates in pizza box from Türkiye. Notified by France. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2,82. leadphthalate DBP - dibutylphthalate DEHP - di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate DIBP - diisobutyl
- 2024.9210 info: attentionLead and phtalates in pizza boxes from Türkiye Notified by France. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 3,01. leadphthalate DBP - dibutylphthalate DEHP - di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate DIBP - diisobutyl+2 more
- 2024.6176 info: attentionLead, phtalates and photoiniators in pizza boxes from Türkiye Notified by France. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 10,2. 1-hydroxy-cyclohexyl phenyl ketoneleadphthalate DBP - dibutylphthalate DEHP - di(2-ethylhexyl)+3 more
Data and downloads
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