Suspicion of placing on the market of a prescription finished medicinal product as food supplements from Austria
- Classification
- Alert notification
- Risk
- Serious
- Category
- dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
- Hazard
- Melatonin unauthorised substance - {composition}
- Origin
- Austria
- Notifier
- Germany
What is this? A food warning about a product sold as a food supplement that may contain melatonin, a medicine usually given on prescription.
What's happening? Germany found a product from Austria sold as a food supplement that might have melatonin in it.
Does this affect me? If you bought food supplements from Austria, you may have this product.
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: Melatonin unauthorised substance - {composition} · Origin: Austria · Notifier: Germany
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