Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in food supplement from Germany
- Classification
- Information notification for attention
- Risk
- Serious
- Category
- dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
- Hazard
- benzo(a)pyrene - {environmental pollutants} *** polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons sum of - {environmental pollutants}
- Origin
- Germany *** India
- Notifier
- Germany
What is this? A food supplement from Germany may have harmful chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
What's happening? The supplement has too much of these chemicals. Germany and the Netherlands have warned people.
Does this affect me? If you bought this supplement in Germany or the Netherlands, it might affect you.
What should I do? Stop using it and ask your pharmacist or doctor what to do next.
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Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: benzo(a)pyrene - {environmental pollutants} *** polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons sum of - {environmental pollutants} · Origin: Germany *** India · Notifier: Germany
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