Labelling deficiencies & unauthorised novel foods in food supplement
- Classification
- Non-compliance notification
- Risk
- Potential risk
- Category
- dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
- Hazard
- labelling incorrect - {labelling absent/incomplete/incorrect} *** novel food ingredient - {novel food}
- Origin
- Switzerland
- Notifier
- Germany
What is this? A food supplement called Huaier (made from a mushroom) may have wrong or missing labels. It might also have an ingredient not approved in the EU.
What's happening? Germany found problems with how the product is labeled. The mushroom ingredient may not be allowed in EU food supplements.
Does this affect me? If you bought this supplement in Germany, it might not be safe to use.
What should I do? Stop using it and ask your pharmacist or doctor what to do next.
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Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: labelling incorrect - {labelling absent/incomplete/incorrect} *** novel food ingredient - {novel food} · Origin: Switzerland · Notifier: Germany
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