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Perilla
Perilla
Low concern
Perilla is a conventional culinary herb whose leaves and seeds have a long history of food use. Perilla seed oil is rich in alpha-linolenic acid.
Found in
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What it is
Plant Perilla frutescens, used as an herb (leaf) or for seed/seed oil; common in Korean and Japanese cuisine.
Herb, seed condiment, cooking oil.
Why it's flagged
- minor: perilla ketone toxicity reported in livestock at high doses, not at human dietary levels
What regulators actually say
"Perilla frutescens has long been used as a food, condiment, and folk medicine in East Asia; perilla oil is rich in alpha-linolenic acid."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Conventional food (leaf, seed).
European Union — EFSA
Perilla seed/leaf as a traditional food; perilla seed extract authorized as novel food.
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