Which supplements were rejected at the EU border this month?

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

27-Apr-2015 - Last updated on 28-Apr-2015 at 12:21 GMT

Adulteration, mislabelling and heavy metal contents. We trawled the EU’s alert database to find out which supplements had been blocked at the border this month.

Carcinogenic chlorella from China

Frisked at the border

Radiation rejects

Mercury rising

Multi vitamins, multiple offences

Hungary? What’s in it?

Heavy metal rejects

Too much of a good thing

Not on the list? Not coming in

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