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[ad_1] Preliminary results of tests run by the Food and Drug Administration show that pasteurization is working to kill off bird flu in milk, the agency said Friday.  "This additional testing did not detect any live, infectious virus. These results reaffirm our assessment that the commercial milk supply is safe," the FDA said in a statement . The FDA's findings come after the agency disclosed that around 1 in 5 samples of retail milk it had surveyed from around the country had tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI H5N1. The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week also ordered testing requirements on cows in response to the outbreak, which has affected growing numbers of poultry and dairy cows .  Positive so-called PCR tests in milk can happen as the result of harmless fragments of the virus left over after pasteurization, officials and experts have said, prompting the additional experiments to verify wh

[ad_1] Better think twice before consuming any foods this summer made from frozen strawberries. The Food and Drug Administration has  added more brands to a growing list of frozen strawberry products being recalled nationwide. The latest recall comes in response to an  ongoing investigation by the federal agency into hepatitis A infections linked to frozen organic strawberries imported from Baja California, Mexico.  Willamette Valley Fruit Co. on Sunday announced it is a voluntarily recalling frozen strawberry products containing potentially contaminated sold under various brands at Walmart, Costco and HEB stores across 32 states.  The recalled products were distributed via the following retailers:  Walmart:  Great Value Sliced Strawberries, Great Value Mixed Fruit, and Great Value Antioxidant Blend distributed to select Walmart stores in in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illi

[ad_1] Hong Kong — A new law criminalizing the possession, consumption and selling of cannabidiol (CBD) came into effect Wednesday in Hong Kong, placing the substance on par with heroin in terms of legal classification. CBD, a non-psychoactive derivative of the cannabis plant, is touted by its users as reducing pain, stress, anxiety and inflammation. Hong Kong authorities, however, have said those claims "lack authoritative scientific proof" and have justified their ban by arguing the products could be converted into the intoxicating compound THC, which was already illegal in the city. Penalties include possible life imprisonment and a fine of up to HK$5 million ($638,000) for importing, exporting or manufacturing CBD, which joins more than 200 other "dangerous drugs" that are prohibited in the territory. Possession or consumption could lead to seven years in prison and a HK$1 million ($128,000) fine.

[ad_1] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set limits for inorganic arsenic in apple juice, but Consumer Reports argues that the level is still too high and could harm children who consume the popular drink.  The FDA on Thursday  announced  it is setting the limit of 10 parts per billion as an allowable amount of inorganic arsenic in apple juice, noting that it has identified some apple juice products with levels about that amount.  But Consumer Reports is taking issue with the limit, arguing that it is still too high and could pose a health risk to children. Arsenic can enter apple juice through a number of ways, including arsenic-based pesticides, naturally high levels of arsenic in soil or water or through industrial activities that impact the environment, the FDA noted in its report on its recommendation. The limits set by the FDA "are too high, and would leave children vulnerable to serious h

[ad_1] Animal tranquillizer xylazine sweeping Kensington streets Animal tranquillizer xylazine sweeping Kensington streets 06:05 It extends the feeling of an opiate high. It's hard to detect and can't be reversed by medications like Narcan. It's immediately recognizable by the gruesome, scaly wounds that emerge on users' skin, and can even cause injuries to their lungs. And in some parts of the United States, experts say it's in as much as 90% of the drug supply.  It's a veterinary sedative called xylazine , and experts and officials are racing to figure out where it's coming from and how to help people who are taking it, even as it's increasingl