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RASFFReference 2025.1318

Lack of mandatory advertisements for supplement with green tea extract containing EGCG and non authorized medical claims on web shop from LU FBO

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2025.1318
Notification ID
746884
Classification
information notification for follow-up
Risk decision
potential risk
Product type
food
Notification basis
consumer complaint
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
Food supplements
Distribution status
Description
product traded online
Notification ID
228
Notification ID
27516213
Category
Description
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
Notification ID
18439
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    27516225
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

hazardObserved
Lack of mandatory mentions in the product information for a 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”. We also identified non-authorized medical health claims for this product on the web shop (see screenshots in attachment). In addition, the food supplement in question is not priorly notified to the Belgian government. Before marketing food supplements in BE
Notification ID
115138

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

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

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      746884
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      798055
    3. Role
      FOR_ATTENTION
      notificationId
      798055
    4. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      750504
    5. Role
      FOR_ATTENTION
      notificationId
      750504
    6. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      746884
    7. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      746884
    Organisation
    code
    BE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Description
    Belgium
    Notification ID
    7
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      FOR_FOLLOW_UP
      notificationId
      746884
    2. Role
      FOR_ATTENTION
      notificationId
      749617
    3. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      746884
    4. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      746884
    5. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      746884
    Organisation
    code
    LU
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5023
    Description
    Luxembourg
    Notification ID
    18

RASFF

Follow-ups

  1. fupDate
    07-03-2025 11:58:36
    fupId
    749617
    fupNumber
    1
    fupType
    Description
    request
    Notification ID
    27665
    networkOrganizationId
    1
    organizationCode
    EU
    organizationDescription
    European Commission
  2. fupDate
    12-03-2025 11:04:49
    fupId
    750504
    fupNumber
    2
    fupType
    Description
    measures taken
    Notification ID
    27672
    networkOrganizationId
    18
    organizationCode
    LU
    organizationDescription
    Luxembourg
  3. fupDate
    22-10-2025 15:37:54
    fupId
    798055
    fupNumber
    3
    fupType
    Description
    additional information
    Notification ID
    27658
    networkOrganizationId
    18
    organizationCode
    LU
    organizationDescription
    Luxembourg

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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