Rauwolfia in food supplement Carditone from USA.
- Classification
- Information notification for attention
- Risk
- Undecided
- Category
- dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
- Hazard
- Rauwolfia canescens unauthorised - {GMO / novel food}
- Origin
- United States
- Notifier
- Sweden
What is this? Carditone is a food supplement sold in the USA. It may contain Rauwolfia, a plant not allowed in EU food supplements.
What's happening? Sweden found Rauwolfia in Carditone. This plant is not approved for food in Europe.
Does this affect me? If you bought Carditone in Sweden, you may have this supplement.
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: Undecided · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: Rauwolfia canescens unauthorised - {GMO / novel food} · Origin: United States · Notifier: Sweden
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