Multi vitamins, multiple offences
A batch of various vitamins bound for Latvia and Lithuania were sent back to the US.
The batch contained the unauthorised substances zinc amino acid chelate (3 mg/item), selenium amino acid chelate (0.025 mg/item), copper amino acid chelate (0.025 mg/item), manganese amino acid chelate (0.5 mg/item), chromium dinicotinate glycinate (20 mg/item) and niacinamide (10 mg/item).
None of the ingredients were listed in the food supplements directive, a list of vitamins and minerals authorised for use in the EU.