The Prague company Biopol GN must withdraw from sale and must not place on the market food supplement Barney’s ginseng, decided the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA).
This measure was imposed because Barney’s ginseng manufactured by Premium Quality Product of Canada, imported to the Czech Republic by Fortius Canada was treated with ionizing radiation. Barney’s ginseng treated in such a way must not be placed on the market, because food supplements are banned from being treated with ionizing radiation, in accordance with Decree of the Ministry of Health No 133/2004 Coll., on irradiation conditions for foodstuffs and raw materials, on the maximum tolerable dose of radiation and on the means of identifying radiation on the packaging.
Food supplement Barney’s ginseng has a best before date of 1 June 2009, lot L79682.
Author:
Mgr. Ivo Klemeš
- CAFIA spokesperson, phone : +420-542426633