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RASFFReference 2020.0709

Rauwolfia in food supplement Carditone from USA.

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2020.0709
Notification ID
419817
Classification
information notification for attention
Risk decision
undecided
Product type
food
Notification basis
monitoring of media
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
Food Supplements
Distribution status
Description
product traded online
Notification ID
228
Notification ID
1570488
Category
Description
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
Notification ID
18439
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    1570541

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

hazardObserved
According to the label/info om webpage the product contains rauwolfia. 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. 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.
Notification ID
34848

RASFF

Hazards

  1. Hazard category
    Description
    GMO / novel food
    Notification ID
    1570546
    Name
    Rauwolfia canescens - unauthorised - GMO / novel food
    samplingDate
    10-02-2020 00:00:00

RASFF

Measures

  1. Action taken
    Description
    informing authorities
    Notification ID
    18380
    Notification ID
    1570547
    takenBy
    Notification ID
    5031
    isoCode
    SE
    organizationName
    Sweden

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

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

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      FOR_ATTENTION
      notificationId
      419817
    Organisation
    code
    INFO
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5680
    Description
    INFOSAN
    Notification ID
    10340
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      419817
    Organisation
    code
    SE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5031
    Description
    Sweden
    Notification ID
    62
  3. Roles
    1. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      419817
    2. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      419817
    Organisation
    code
    US
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5230
    Description
    United States
    Notification ID
    10225
  4. Roles
    1. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      419817
    Organisation
    code
    UO
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5248
    Description
    unknown origin
    Notification ID
    10243

RASFF

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

Provenance and context

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