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Composition and additives

Unauthorised or excessive food additives, colours, novel foods without authorisation, or ingredients not allowed in food or food supplements (for example medicinal substances).

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What it can cause

Effects depend on the substance — from allergic reactions to interactions with medicines or effects on the heart.

What to do

Do not use the product. If you take medicines or feel unwell, ask a doctor or pharmacist.

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19 November 2025RASFF

High vitamin B6 content, absence of the declared quantity and warnings for green tea extracts, unauthorised novel food ingredient phenethylamine, unauthorised substances (Ca, Mg and Zn amino acid chelates), and missing indication of the chemical form of folic acid in food supplements from the USA

Notified by Slovenia · origin: United States

Composition and additivesDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

19 November 2025RASFF

Unauthorized novel food (Ptychopetalum olacoides) in tea from the Netherlands

Notified by Germany · origin: Netherlands

Novel foodCocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea

19 November 2025RASFF

Potential health risks associated with the use of Calea zacatechichi in tea from the Netherlands

Notified by Germany · origin: Netherlands

CompositionCocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea

19 November 2025RASFF

Unapproved novel food Synaptolepis kirkii in tea from the Netherlands

Notified by Germany · origin: Netherlands

Novel foodCocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea

19 November 2025RASFF

yohimbine in food supplement from UK

Notified by Poland · origin: United Kingdom

Composition and additivesDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

19 November 2025RASFF

Unauthorized noved food NMN (nicotinamid mononucleotide) in food supplements, from Germany

Notified by Norway · origin: Germany

Composition and additivesDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

18 November 2025RASFF

Novel food in rice-cereal mix from China

Notified by Germany · origin: Taiwan

Novel foodCereals and bakery products

18 November 2025RASFF

Excessive levels of zinc in complete feed for piglets from Belgium

Notified by Lithuania · origin: Belgium

CompositionCompound feeds

18 November 2025RASFF

Non-authorized novel food (Silene capensis) in tea from the Netherlands

Notified by Germany · origin: Netherlands

Novel foodCocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea

18 November 2025RASFF

Compound feeds with too much additives

Notified by Belgium · origin: Belgium

Composition and additivesCompound feeds

18 November 2025RASFF

Unauthorized novel food Butea Superba in herbal extract from the Netherlands

Notified by Germany · origin: Netherlands

Novel foodHerbs and spices

17 November 2025RASFF

Unauthorized novel food in black cumin seeds from Pakistan

Notified by Germany · origin: Pakistan

Composition and additivesHerbs and spices

17 November 2025RASFF

Unauthorised novel food ingredient Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali) in food supplements from China offered online for sale

Notified by Slovenia · origin: China

Composition and additivesDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

14 November 2025RASFF

Unauthorized novel food NMN (nicotineamide mononucleotide) in a food supplement traded online, from Slovenia

Notified by Czechia · origin: Unknown Origin

Composition and additivesDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

14 November 2025RASFFSerious risk

High iodine content and labeling deficiencies in dried seaweed slices from Korea via the Netherlands

Notified by Finland · origin: South Korea

CompositionOther food product / mixed

14 November 2025RASFF