PAH's in St. Johns Wort Extract
- Classification
- Alert notification
- Risk
- Serious
- Category
- dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
- Hazard
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons sum of - {environmental pollutants}
- Origin
- China
- Notifier
- Netherlands
What is this? This is about a food supplement made from St. Johns Wort. It may have a harmful chemical called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
What's happening? Some of these supplements have too much of this chemical. They were made in China and sold in the Netherlands and Germany.
Does this affect me? If you bought this supplement in the Netherlands or Germany, it may affect you.
What should I do? Stop using it and ask your pharmacist or doctor what to do next.
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Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons sum of - {environmental pollutants} · Origin: China · Notifier: Netherlands
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