Tropane alkaloids in savory from Germany
- Classification
- Information notification for follow-up
- Risk
- Potentially serious
- Category
- herbs and spices
- Hazard
- atropine - {natural toxins (other)} *** scopolamine - {natural toxins (other)}
- Origin
- Germany *** Spain
- Notifier
- Germany
What is this? Some savory herbs from Germany and Spain may have small amounts of natural poisons called atropine and scopolamine.
What's happening? Germany found these poisons in savory and told other countries to watch for them too.
Does this affect me? If you bought savory from Germany or Spain, it might have these poisons.
What should I do? Stop using the savory and ask your pharmacist or doctor if you feel unwell.
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Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: atropine - {natural toxins (other)} *** scopolamine - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Germany *** Spain · Notifier: Germany
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