Unauthorised substance ethylene oxide in calcium carbonate used in food supplement from Italy
- Classification
- Alert notification
- Risk
- Serious
- Category
- dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
- Hazard
- ethylene oxide - {pesticide residues}
- Origin
- India *** Italy
- Notifier
- Spain
What is this? A food supplement from Italy may have a harmful chemical called ethylene oxide. This chemical should not be in food.
What's happening? The supplement has too much ethylene oxide. Spain found this problem and told the EU.
Does this affect me? If you bought this supplement in Spain or Andorra, it might affect you.
What should I do? Stop using the supplement. 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: ethylene oxide - {pesticide residues} · Origin: India *** Italy · Notifier: Spain
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