Food safety recall round-up 22 December - 5 January 2017
High tropane alkaloids in tea
Czech Republic: SZPI has found tea with scopolamine and atropine at Ahold Czech Republic.
'Herbal tea (Loyd) – máta s brusinkou a bylinkami' is produced by Polish company Mokate SA.
Laboratory analysis confirmed atropine at 206.4 mg/kg and scopolamine at 31.7 mg/kg in the product with lot L07071535A. Atropine and scopolamine are tropane alkaloids which may not be present in food.
Consumers have been urged not to consume the affected lot and the batch in question has been withdrawn.