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RASFFReference 2024.5458

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

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2024.5458
Notification ID
698658
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 supplement
Distribution status
Description
product traded online
Notification ID
228
Notification ID
25013215
Category
Description
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
Notification ID
18439
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    25013241
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

hazardObserved
Lack of mandatory mentions in the product information for food supplement 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, the product has not been notified to the Belgian authorities and therefore cannot be commercialized in Belgium
Notification ID
105545

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

Origin
France
Notifying country or territory
Belgium
Published distribution
Belgium, France
Affected territories
Belgium · France

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      698658
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      698658
    3. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      698658
    Organisation
    code
    BE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Description
    Belgium
    Notification ID
    7
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      FOR_ATTENTION
      notificationId
      698658
    2. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      698658
    3. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      698658
    4. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      698658
    Organisation
    code
    FR
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5013
    Description
    France
    Notification ID
    14

RASFF

Follow-ups

  1. fupDate
    16-07-2024 18:23:10
    fupId
    698870
    fupNumber
    1
    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
5013
  1. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5013
    Notification ID
    14
  2. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5013
    Notification ID
    15
    link
    http://www.economie.gouv.fr/dgccrf/Securite/Alertes/Avis-rappels-de-produits

Provenance and context

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