The European Food Supplement Project combined nutrivigilance, reports, poison-centre information and product screening to build a European network focused on potential emerging risks from supplements other than vitamins and minerals.

The report identifies subjects for further investigation, including Huperzia serrata, guggul, Coleus forskohlii, ginseng, black radish, emodin, chrysophanol and selected Bifidobacterium strains. The list is a surveillance agenda, not an automatic hazard classification.

For procurement, quality and regulatory teams, it can feed an ingredient due-diligence matrix covering botanical or microbial identity, plant part, markers, contaminants, dose, interactions, vulnerable populations, report history and status in target markets.

Decisions on any individual ingredient still require its specific dossier. An emerging signal needs to be read in the context of preparation and exposure, while ignoring it may increase the future cost of reformulation or documentary requests.

Why it matters

The report can inform ingredient due diligence by identifying documentary gaps, safety signals and potential regulatory vulnerabilities earlier.

Evidence limit

Inclusion in monitoring is not a ban and does not automatically establish risk for every preparation. Species, plant part, composition, dose, population and exposure remain decisive.

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