A food safety alert was issued due to a bitter apricot kernel diet supplement

The Dutch Authority issued an alert for a bitter apricot kernel diet supplement, (which was shipped to 12 EU Member States, including Hungary) due to a higher content of cyanide than allowed – the National Food Chain Safety Agency (Nébih) told.

According to the announcement, the conservation time of the PlanetBIO product of 200 grams is 15 April 2019, its RASFF reference number is 2018.0334. The Nébih has been informed via the European Commission’s Rapid Alert System (RASFF) that the high cyanide product was also transported to Hungary, therefore the agency immediately contacted the domestic distributors. (MTI)