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RASFFReference 2024.5388

Lack of mandatory advertisements for supplements with green tea extract containing EGCG, on web shop from Luxembourg

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2024.5388
Notification ID
698161
Classification
information notification for attention
Risk decision
potential risk
Product type
food
Notification basis
monitoring of media
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
Green tea extract supplements
Distribution status
Description
product traded online
Notification ID
228
Notification ID
24985560
Category
Description
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
Notification ID
18439
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    24986198
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
  2. Notification ID
    24986248
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
  3. Notification ID
    24986254
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

hazardObserved
Lack of mandatory mentions in the product information for several food supplements containing the ingredient epigallocatechin-3-gallate from green tea extracts. According to legislation 2022/2340, the label shall provide the maximum number of portions of the food for daily consumption and a warning not to consume a daily amount of 800 mg of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate or more. The label shall indicate the content of (-)- epigallocatechin-3-gallate per portion of the food. The label shall include the following warnings: “Should not be consumed if you are consuming other products containing green tea on the same day”, “Should not be consumed by pregnant or lactating women and children below 18 years old” and “Should not be consumed on an empty stomach”. In addition, we also identified health claims that are non-compliant with regulation 1924/2006.
Notification ID
105388

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

Origin
Luxembourg
Notifying country or territory
Belgium
Published distribution
product traded online

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      698161
    Organisation
    code
    BE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Description
    Belgium
    Notification ID
    7
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      FOR_FOLLOW_UP
      notificationId
      698161
    2. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      698161
    3. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      698161
    Organisation
    code
    LU
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5023
    Description
    Luxembourg
    Notification ID
    18

RASFF

Follow-ups

  1. fupDate
    15-07-2024 11:01:37
    fupId
    698356
    fupNumber
    1
    fupType
    Description
    corrigendum
    Notification ID
    27663
    networkOrganizationId
    1
    organizationCode
    EU
    organizationDescription
    European Commission
  2. fupDate
    29-07-2024 14:20:05
    fupId
    701658
    fupNumber
    2
    fupType
    Description
    measures taken
    Notification ID
    27672
    networkOrganizationId
    18
    organizationCode
    LU
    organizationDescription
    Luxembourg
  3. fupDate
    02-08-2024 17:14:24
    fupId
    703322
    fupNumber
    3
    fupType
    Description
    corrigendum
    Notification ID
    27663
    networkOrganizationId
    1
    organizationCode
    EU
    organizationDescription
    European Commission

RASFF

5002
  1. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Notification ID
    2
  2. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Notification ID
    3
5023
  1. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5023
    Notification ID
    26
    link
    http://www.securite-alimentaire.public.lu/
  2. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5023
    Notification ID
    27
    link
    lu-alert.lu

Provenance and context

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