Food supplements: sale and importation of Garcinia based on the appetite Garcinia suspended in France

FAIM -based snacks Garcinia CambogiaThat it can lead to serious adverse health effects, they can no longer be sold or imported in France, the Government announced on Friday, April 18, waiting for a European decision.

At the beginning of March, the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Labor Safety (ANSE) had recommended that they do not consume food supplements based on food based on Garcinia Cambogiapointing out serious undesirable effects associated with its particular consumption due to the presence of hydroxytric acid.

France informed the European Commission of the conclusions of this experience and the need for measures at the European level, said the Minister of Agriculture and Sovereignty of Food and the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, in a press release.

A decision with immediate effect

Waiting for a possible European decision, Annie Ginebard and Éric Lombard have decided, “protect consumers”, “suspend the introduction of a Member State of the European Union, import from a third country and the national commercialization of food supplements that contain the plant containing the plant Garcinia Cambogia“, through a decree dated April 15.

This measure, which immediately enters into force, “prohibits any flow of shares already present in the market, given the acute health risk.”

Food sector operators that have placed food supplements based on Garcinia Cambogia You must proceed with your retirement. “The inspection services of the Ministry will be required to make checks to verify the effectiveness of these measures,” the ministers warned.

Prohibited in medicines since 2012

Although there is no prohibition in medicines since 2012, the plant Garcinia Cambogia – O Tamarinier de Malabar, continued “offering in food supplements” to lose weight, about 340 are marketed, mainly on the Internet, the ANS had alerted on March 5.

However, between 2009 and March 2024, 38 cases of undesirable effects in France were reported: liver, psychiatric, digestive (pancreatitis), often cardiac and muscular.

Currently, European regulation does not oppose the use of health claims (“weight control”, “reduction in fat storage” and “the sensation of hunger”, “control of blood sugar levels and cholesterol levels” …) highlighted by manufacturers of food supplements based on food -based supplements. Garcinia Cambogia. They are being examined by the European Food Security Agency (EFSA).