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RASFFReference 2024.6543

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

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2024.6543
Notification ID
707886
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
25401458
Category
Description
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
Notification ID
18439
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    25401839
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
  2. Notification ID
    25401840
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
  3. Notification ID
    25401841
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
  4. Notification ID
    25401842

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”.
Notification ID
107427

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

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

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      707886
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      707886
    3. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      707886
    Organisation
    code
    BE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Description
    Belgium
    Notification ID
    7
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      707886
    2. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      707886
    3. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      707886
    Organisation
    code
    NL
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5026
    Description
    Netherlands
    Notification ID
    38

RASFF

Follow-ups

  1. fupDate
    09-09-2024 14:47:53
    fupId
    710142
    fupNumber
    1
    networkOrganizationId
    38
    organizationCode
    NL
    organizationDescription
    Netherlands

RASFF

5002
  1. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Notification ID
    2
  2. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Notification ID
    3

Provenance and context

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