Official announcements
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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08/08/2025
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the Italian authorities that, in addition to the provinces already announced, ID WNV NAT testing for blood and blood component donations has been introduced in Alessandria, Italy.
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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08/08/2025
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the Romanian authorities that, in addition to the region already announced, confirmed human WNV infections have been recorded in Bucharest, Romania.
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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07/08/2025
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the French authorities that, in addition to the provinces already announced, ID WNV NAT testing for blood and blood component donations has been introduced in the departments Bouches-du-Rhône, Jura, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-d’Oise, France.
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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07/08/2025
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Greek authority that in Greece, in addition to the regions already announced, confirmed human WNV infections have been recorded in Athens-North, Evros and Karditsa.
Recall
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Medicines
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06/08/2025
Recall due to visible particles after reconstitution
Enforcement
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06/08/2025
The BASG warns against the illegal medicinal product „T-Lain Plus Cherry Powder Detox Tea“.
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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05/08/2025
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) that in France, in addition to the regions already announced, confirmed autochthonous cases of Chikungunya have been recorded in the Département Pyrénées Atlantiques.
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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05/08/2025
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the Italian authorities that confirmed autochthonous Dengue cases have been recorded in Italy, in Brendola (Province of Vicenza).
Safety warnings
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04/08/2025
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the
Danish tissue bank European Sperm Bank (DK257572) that one of the offspring of the sperm donor 25658/Haydar was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 during newborn screening.
The donor/the donor gametes have been permanently blocked.
Safety warnings
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04/08/2025
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed that confirmed human WNV infections have been recorded in Bulgaria in the following region:
Sofia
For further information, please refer to the following safety warnings. We kindly ask you to pay attention to this during anamnesis interviews and donor selections.