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RASFFReference 2025.5366

Non-authorised boosters with beta-alanine and a too high caffeine content

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2025.5366
Notification ID
776762
Classification
information notification for follow-up
Risk decision
potentially serious
Product type
food
Notification basis
official control on the market
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
food supplements
Distribution status
Description
no distribution from notifying country
Notification ID
222
Notification ID
29269830
Category
Description
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
Notification ID
18439
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    29269962
    productAspect
    Black container with 380g powder. Product is intended to create a liquid pre-workout booster with 19g powder and 250-350 ml water, to be taken 15-30 minutes before the workout.
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
    weight
    380.0
    weightUnit
    Description
    g
    Notification ID
    18974

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

hazardObserved
Too high content of caffeine (372 mg per daily dose). The product is a powder for a beverage and contains 5'500 mg Beta-Alanine per daily dose. In Switzerland, Beta-Alanine is only permitted in a solid form as slow-release capsule with a limit of 3'200 mg/day; additional warnings regarding the intake are mandatory.
Notification ID
121427

RASFF

Hazards

  1. analyticalResult
    372
    Hazard category
    Description
    composition
    Notification ID
    29270364
    maxPermittedLvl
    200 mg/dosage
    maxPermittedLvlQuantities
    200
    maxPermittedLvlUnit
    mg/dosage
    Name
    caffeine - too high content - composition
    samplingDate
    11-07-2025 00:00:00
    unit
    mg/dosage
  2. analyticalResult
    5'500
    Hazard category
    Description
    composition
    Notification ID
    29272338
    maxPermittedLvl
    3'200 mg/dosage
    maxPermittedLvlQuantities
    3'200
    maxPermittedLvlUnit
    mg/dosage
    Name
    beta-alanine - unauthorised - composition
    samplingDate
    11-07-2025 00:00:00
    unit
    mg/dosage

RASFF

Measures

  1. Action taken
    Description
    prohibition to trade - sales ban
    Notification ID
    18953
    Notification ID
    29272663
    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
      776762
    2. Role
      FOR_ATTENTION
      notificationId
      779534
    3. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      776762
    4. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      776762
    Organisation
    code
    DE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5007
    Description
    Germany
    Notification ID
    3
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      776762
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      776762
    3. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      776762
    4. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      776762
    5. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      776762
    Organisation
    code
    CH
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5004
    Description
    Switzerland
    Notification ID
    63

RASFF

Follow-ups

  1. fupDate
    15-07-2025 13:29:10
    fupId
    777081
    fupNumber
    1
    fupType
    Description
    corrigendum
    Notification ID
    27663
    networkOrganizationId
    1
    organizationCode
    EU
    organizationDescription
    European Commission
  2. fupDate
    25-07-2025 10:15:23
    fupId
    779534
    fupNumber
    2
    fupType
    Description
    request
    Notification ID
    27665
    networkOrganizationId
    1
    organizationCode
    EU
    organizationDescription
    European Commission
  3. fupDate
    25-07-2025 14:27:07
    fupId
    779666
    fupNumber
    3
    fupType
    Description
    outcome of investigations and measures taken
    Notification ID
    27659
    networkOrganizationId
    75
    organizationCode
    DE
    organizationDescription
    Baden-Württemberg
  4. fupDate
    25-08-2025 11:47:13
    fupId
    785572
    fupNumber
    4
    fupType
    Description
    additional information
    Notification ID
    27658
    networkOrganizationId
    63
    organizationCode
    CH
    organizationDescription
    Switzerland

RASFF

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

Provenance and context

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