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RASFFReference 2025.2580

Unauthorised novel food ingredient Epimedium in food supplements from the United States

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2025.2580
Notification ID
756484
Classification
border rejection notification
Risk decision
potentially serious
Product type
food
Notification basis
border control - consignment detained
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
food supplements
Distribution status
Description
product not (yet) placed on the market
Notification ID
224
Notification ID
28160970
Category
Description
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
Notification ID
18439
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    28173546
    productAspect
    folding box with plastic container, 90 capsules
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

Notification ID
117145

RASFF

Hazards

  1. analyticalResult
    342
    Hazard category
    Description
    novel food
    Notification ID
    28161221
    Name
    Epimedium - unauthorised novel food ingredient - novel food
    samplingDate
    26-02-2025 00:00:00
    unit
    mg/kg - ppm

RASFF

Measures

  1. Action taken
    Description
    Re-dispatch
    Notification ID
    18702
    Notification ID
    28161809
    takenBy
    Notification ID
    5007
    isoCode
    DE
    organizationName
    Germany

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

Origin
United States
Notifying country or territory
Germany
Published distribution
product not (yet) placed on the market

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      756484
    Organisation
    code
    DE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5007
    Description
    Germany
    Notification ID
    3
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      FOR_ATTENTION
      notificationId
      759325
    2. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      756484
    3. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      756484
    Organisation
    code
    US
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5230
    Description
    United States
    Notification ID
    10225

RASFF

Follow-ups

  1. fupDate
    22-04-2025 10:43:31
    fupId
    759325
    fupNumber
    1
    fupType
    Description
    request
    Notification ID
    27665
    networkOrganizationId
    1
    organizationCode
    EU
    organizationDescription
    European Commission

RASFF

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

Provenance and context

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