February 26, 2002
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) issued a Food Alert Notification on Chinese Honey imported into the EU which may be contaminated with chloramphenicol and streptomycin.
While the level of contamination does not pose a health risk to consumers nevertheless the FSAI advises that all brands of Chinese honey and blended honey containing Chinese honey should be withdrawn from the market.
The full text can be accessed on the FSAI website.
February 14, 2002
THE CHILDREN MOST LIKELY TO DEVELOP AUTISM FROM MMR VACCINATION SUGGESTED IN NEW RESEARCH
The children most at risk from developing autism from the MMR injection may have finally been identified.
Major new evidence from America has found that autism may be more likely among children receiving the MMR if their families have thrombophelia, an increased tendency of the blood to clot. The research in the United States shows that 70 per cent of a sample of children who developed autism following their MMR jab had thrombophelia. However, most interesting of all, 70 per cent of the families of such children also had the condition. In such children, the blood supply in the brain is diminished, which could be one cause of autism.
Published research in America also concluded that the MMR maybe responsible for an increase in certain allergies, including asthma.
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February 8, 2002
PRESS RELEASE
Health Stores maintain Low-dose Kava kava products to be safe.
Kava-kava is a traditional herbal remedy for anxiety and stress, and has been widely and heavily used in the South Pacific islands with no reports of liver damage.
“Kava-kava products sold in Ireland are fundamentally different than those sold in Germany. It is important to realise that Irish kava products are mainly low strength products made in the traditional way from the whole herb; whereas those available in Germany are predominantly highly concentrated extracts, which are much more likely to give rise to problems” stressed the Health Stores spokesman, Andrew Cape. “It is also important to bear in mind that there have been no adverse events associated with kava kava reported at all, either in Ireland or in the UK. This means that consumers using products bought in Irish health stores can be confident that they are safe under normal conditions of use.”
The current situation will be reviewed after six months, and there is every reason to expect that traditional kava-kava products will be available again after that time.