Increased levels of berberine and possibly novel food ingredient 'cortex phellodendri extract' in food supplements from Luxembourg
- Classification
- Information notification for follow-up
- Risk
- Undecided
- Categoria
- dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
- Perigo
- novel food ingredient unauthorised - {novel food} *** piperine too high intake - {composition}
- Notifier
- Germany
What is this? Some food supplements sold in Luxembourg may have too much berberine or a new ingredient called cortex phellodendri extract.
What's happening? Germany told the EU that these supplements could have unsafe levels of these ingredients.
Does this affect me? If you bought food supplements in Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, or Switzerland, check your products.
What should I do? Stop using the supplement and ask your pharmacist or doctor before using it again.
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Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Undecided · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: novel food ingredient unauthorised - {novel food} *** piperine too high intake - {composition} · Notifier: Germany
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