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RASFFReference 2020.4418

Yohimbe and Rauwolfia.

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2020.4418
Notification ID
445654
Classification
alert notification
Risk decision
serious
Product type
food
Notification basis
monitoring of media
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
Food supplement
Distribution status
Description
product traded online
Notification ID
228
Notification ID
2881334
Category
Description
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
Notification ID
18439
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    2881663
    productAspect
    Please se the attached screenshot.

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

hazardObserved
According to the label/info on website https://proteinexperten.com/ at products are said to contains Yohimbe and Rauwolfia etc. The ingredients in the food supplements are unauthorised in food due to negative health risks and suspected negative health risks. Rauwolfia has no history of significant consumption as a food or food ingredient prior to 15 May 1997 in the EU and therefore considered a novel food according to EU regulations 2015/2283. The product will need an authorisation under the Novel Food Regulation before it can be put on the EU market. Until Rauwolfia has been authorized it is considered unsafe. Yohimbe is not allowed in food in accordance with EU regulation 1925/2006 due to negative health effects.
Notification ID
40774

RASFF

Hazards

  1. Hazard category
    Description
    composition
    Notification ID
    2881698
    Name
    yohimbine - unauthorised substance - composition
    samplingDate
    19-10-2020 00:00:00
  2. Hazard category
    Description
    GMO / novel food
    Notification ID
    2881699
    Name
    Rauwolfia canescens - unauthorised - GMO / novel food
    samplingDate
    19-10-2020 00:00:00

RASFF

Measures

  1. Action taken
    Description
    informing authorities
    Notification ID
    18380
    Notification ID
    2881682
    takenBy
    Notification ID
    5031
    isoCode
    SE
    organizationName
    Sweden

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

Origin
United Kingdom
Notifying country or territory
Sweden
Published distribution
product traded online

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      445654
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      445654
    3. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      445654
    Organisation
    code
    SE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5031
    Description
    Sweden
    Notification ID
    62
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      445654
    2. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      445654
    Organisation
    code
    GB
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5014
    Description
    United Kingdom
    Notification ID
    17

RASFF

Follow-ups

  1. fupDate
    13-11-2020 12:09:54
    fupId
    450241
    fupNumber
    1
    fupType
    Description
    outcome of investigations
    Notification ID
    27674
    networkOrganizationId
    17
    organizationCode
    GB
    organizationDescription
    United Kingdom

RASFF

5031
  1. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5031
    Notification ID
    37
    link
    http://www.livsmedelsverket.se/om-oss/press/aterkallanden/

Provenance and context

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