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RASFFReference 2023.5724

unauthorised novel food ingredients 5-HTP/Griffonia extract, N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine, N-Acetyl-L-Carnitin Hydrochlorid and too high caffeine content per daily dose in various food supplements from Germany

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2023.5724
Notification ID
629235
Classification
alert notification
Risk decision
potentially serious
Product type
food
Notification basis
monitoring of media
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
ZEC+ Headshop Gaming+Learning Booster
Distribution status
Description
product traded online
Notification ID
228
Notification ID
21558632
Category
Description
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
Notification ID
18439
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    21559819
    productAspect
    Black plastic packaging with 280g of Powder
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
    weight
    280.0
    weightUnit
    Description
    g
    Notification ID
    18974

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

hazardObserved
Several products do not comply with Swiss or EU food law: - unauthorised novel food ingredients: 5-HTP/Griffonia extract, N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine, N-Acetyl-L-Carnitin Hydrochlorid - too high caffeine content per daily dose: 400 mg - too high content of zinc (Swiss food law) - unauthorised source of Vitamin A (Swiss food law) - forbidden substance melatonin (Swiss food law)
Notification ID
89426

RASFF

Hazards

  1. analyticalResult
    400 mg per daily dose
    Hazard category
    Description
    composition
    Notification ID
    21560269
    maxPermittedLvl
    200 mg/dosage
    maxPermittedLvlQuantities
    200
    maxPermittedLvlUnit
    mg/dosage
    Name
    caffeine - too high content - composition
    samplingDate
    21-08-2023 00:00:00
    unit
    mg/dosage
  2. analyticalResult
    presence
    Hazard category
    Description
    composition
    Notification ID
    21560867
    maxPermittedLvl
    absence null
    maxPermittedLvlQuantities
    absence
    Name
    N-acetyl tyrosine - unauthorised substance - composition
    samplingDate
    21-08-2023 00:00:00
  3. Hazard category
    Description
    not determined (other)
    Notification ID
    21560887
    maxPermittedLvl
    Food exported from the Community for placing on the market of a third country shall comply with the relevant requirements of food law, unless otherwise requested by the authorities of the importing country. null
    maxPermittedLvlQuantities
    Food exported from the Community for placing on the market of a third country shall comply with the relevant requirements of food law, unless otherwise requested by the authorities of the importing country.
    Name
    illegal trade - suspicion - not determined (other)
    samplingDate
    21-08-2023 00:00:00

RASFF

Measures

  1. Action taken
    Description
    (requested) removal of online offer
    Notification ID
    18850
    Notification ID
    21569524
    takenBy
    Notification ID
    5004
    isoCode
    CH
    organizationName
    Switzerland

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

Origin
Germany
Notifying country or territory
Switzerland
Published distribution
Switzerland
Affected territories
Switzerland

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      FOR_FOLLOW_UP
      notificationId
      629235
    2. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      629235
    3. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      629235
    Organisation
    code
    DE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5007
    Description
    Germany
    Notification ID
    3
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      629235
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      630634
    3. Role
      FOR_ATTENTION
      notificationId
      630634
    4. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      629235
    5. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      629235
    Organisation
    code
    CH
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5004
    Description
    Switzerland
    Notification ID
    63

RASFF

Follow-ups

  1. fupDate
    30-08-2023 10:57:52
    fupId
    630634
    fupNumber
    1
    fupType
    Description
    outcome of investigations
    Notification ID
    27674
    networkOrganizationId
    85
    organizationCode
    DE
    organizationDescription
    Rheinland-Pfalz
  2. fupDate
    28-09-2023 15:29:30
    fupId
    635619
    fupNumber
    2
    fupType
    Description
    corrigendum
    Notification ID
    27663
    networkOrganizationId
    1
    organizationCode
    EU
    organizationDescription
    European Commission

RASFF

5007
  1. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5007
    Notification ID
    16
    link
    http://www.lebensmittelwarnung.de

Provenance and context

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