Detection of the unauthorized ingredient *Ajuga turkestanica* (turkesterone) in a food supplement; country of origin: USA.
Original subject: Stwierdzenie składnika niedozwolonego Ajuga Turkestanica; turkesterone w suplemencie diety, kraj pochodzenia USA////Detection of the unauthorized ingredient *Ajuga turkestanica* (turkesterone) in a food supplement; country of origin: USA.
Is this a consumer recall?
No. RASFF is how food safety authorities in Europe exchange information about risks in food and feed. Information shared through RASFF can lead to products being recalled, but consumer recall notices with brand names are published nationally. An information notification for attention means a risk was found in a food, but the product is only in the notifying country, was never placed on the market, or is no longer on the market.
What did this RASFF notification report?
Detection of the unauthorized ingredient *Ajuga turkestanica* (turkesterone) in a food supplement; country of origin: USA. Risk decision: potential risk. Notification type: information notification for attention.
What should I do?
RASFF Window summaries do not name brands, batches or retailers, so a product in your kitchen cannot be matched to this notification alone. Check your national food safety authority's recall page or the retailer for brand-level consumer recalls, and follow their instructions if a notice names a product you have.
Can I check a specific product against this notification?
RASFF Window does not publish brand names, business operators, batch or lot numbers. Do not treat a similar product as affected or unaffected based on this summary; national recall notices carry the brand-level details.
- RASFF reference
- 2026.9059
- Notification type
- Information notification for attention
- Risk decision
- Potential risk
- Product category
- dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
- Notifying country
- Poland (PL)
- Origin (as reported)
- United States (US)
- Brand / business operator
- Not published in RASFF Window
- Notification date (EC validation)
- October 12, 2026
- RASFF Window ID
- 879106
- System
- EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), European Commission
Which countries are involved?
Notified by Poland (PL): the member country whose authority reported the finding.
Origin (as reported): United States (US). Origin is where the product came from. It does not tell you where the product was sold or distributed, and the public summary does not list distribution countries.
What the labels mean
An information notification for attention means a risk was found in a food, but the product is only in the notifying country, was never placed on the market, or is no longer on the market.
Potential risk: no serious risk is suspected, but a risk can't be ruled out and there's not enough information to call it not serious.
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