The Ministry of Health informs the consumer public that the Health Services have received relevant information through the Early Warning System for Food and Feed (RASFF), according to which, flour milling products of the company BauckHof, following a laboratory test carried out in Germany, were found to contain tropan alkaloids (atropine and scopolamine) in concentrations above the acceptable limits of the current European legislation. In the Cypriot market, the food in question was repackaged and released with the following indications: ORGANICGLUTEN-FREEBREADMIX / Gluten Free Bread Mix, Organically Farmed / Unbleached
Trade Name: Αγία Σκέπηbio
WEIGHT: 500g
Packaging: Paper bags
READY BEFORE / BEST BEFORE: 30/01/2024
AP. LOT NUMBER: BK56040810
2: ORGANIC GLUTEN-FREE BREAD MIX / BREAD MIXGluten-freeOrganic BREAD MIX / Unbleached
Trade Name: GREENFOOD
WEIGHT: 500g
PACKAGING: Transparent nylon bags
READY BEFORE / BEST BEFORE: 30/01/2024
AP. LOT NUMBER: BK56040810
The Health Services of the Ministry of Health have already informed the food companies that distribute these products in the Cypriot market, with instructions for immediate recall / withdrawal of all quantities of these lots.
However, since some quantity of the batches in question may already be in the possession of consumers, they are advised to avoid consuming them and, if they wish, to return them to the places where they were purchased.
Additional information:
Atropine and scopolamine are tropane alkaloids.
Tropane alkaloids are a class of alkaloids, i.e. organic nitrogen compounds found in several plant species.
The presence of atropine and scopolamine in foods is usually due to contamination of cereals and vegetables with wild plants containing tropane alkaloids during harvesting and harvesting.
Tropane alkaloids have no long-term health effects but can cause, among other things, short-term symptoms such as nausea, headaches, fatigue and dry mouth.
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