{"id":952,"date":"2025-11-17T06:24:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/?p=952"},"modified":"2025-11-17T06:24:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:24:50","slug":"regulatory-scrutiny-intensifies-ashwagandhas-safety-under-review-across-europe-and-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/regulatory-scrutiny-intensifies-ashwagandhas-safety-under-review-across-europe-and-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulatory Scrutiny Intensifies: Ashwagandha&#8217;s Safety Under Review Across Europe and UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In response to growing safety concerns, EU and UK food safety agencies are scrutinizing ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), a botanical traditionally used for thousands of years. Denmark has banned its use in food supplements, while authorities in the Netherlands and France have advised against its consumption by certain groups. A new three-part series by Nutrition Insight examines ashwagandha&#8217;s regulatory status and safety data. Experts, including Dr. Thomas Brendler, highlight the ongoing regulatory reviews, with the UK&#8217;s Food Standards Agency (FSA) seeking evidence for a risk assessment. Despite its popularity in stress-relief supplements, ashwagandha&#8217;s safety remains under debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nutritioninsight.com\/news\/regulatory-update-spotlight-on-international-authorities-response-to-ashwagandha-safety-concerns.html\">https:\/\/www.nutritioninsight.com\/news\/regulatory-update-spotlight-on-international-authorities-response-to-ashwagandha-safety-concerns.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to growing safety concerns, EU and UK food safety agencies are scrutinizing ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), a botanical traditionally used for thousands of years. Denmark has banned its use in food supplements, while authorities in the Netherlands and France have advised against its consumption by certain groups. A new three-part series by Nutrition Insight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}