Unauthorized novel food ingredients: Comarum palustre (whole plant) extract and Callisia fragrans leaf extract in food supplement from Ukraine
- Classification
- Border rejection notification
- Risk
- Potential risk
- Category
- dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
- Origin
- Ukraine
- Notifier
- Poland
What is this? Some food supplements from Ukraine contain two plant extracts that are not approved in the EU. These are Comarum palustre (whole plant) extract and Callisia fragrans leaf extract.
What's happening? Poland stopped these supplements at the border because the extracts are not allowed in EU food. The supplements were sent from Ukraine.
Does this affect me? If you bought a food supplement from Ukraine that lists these extracts, it may not be safe. Check your product now.
What should I do? Stop using the supplement and ask your pharmacist or doctor what to do next.
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Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Origin: Ukraine · Notifier: Poland
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