Perrigo recalls oral drops for children in U.S.
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Perrigo Co. voluntarily recalled four types of liquid pain, cough and cold drops packaged with syringes that could make it difficult to measure proper doses for young children, the company and regulators said on Monday.
Perrigo said the recall would cost the company about $2 million.
The recalled products are Cherry Flavor Infant Pain Reliever 160 mg Acetaminophen (0.5 oz. and 1.0 oz.), Grape Flavor Infant Pain Reliever 160 mg Acetaminophen (0.5 oz. and 1.0 oz.), Cherry Flavor Cough and Cold Infant Drops (0.5 oz.) and Cherry Flavor Decongestant and Cough Infant Drops (0.5 oz.).
Some teens try to get buff from a bottle
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Many teenagers wish for a toned physique, and some turn to dietary supplements or hormones to get one, according to a new study.
Researchers found that among more than 10,000 12- to 18-year-olds, roughly 5 percent of boys and 2 percent of girls regularly used some purported muscle enhancer—most commonly protein powders or shakes, but also dietary supplements such as creatine and amino acids.
A handful said they frequently used steroids or other hormonal substances—namely growth hormone or the over-the-counter supplement DHEA—and more had at least tried such products in the past year.
China educates farmers on pig-borne disease
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Sichuan province in southwestern China has launched a campaign to educate poor, illiterate farmers not to slaughter sick pigs or eat their meat after an outbreak of swine flu hit about 100 villages and killed at least 34 people.
Sichuan, the country’s top pork-producing province, has been forced to suspend all exports of chilled and frozen pork from Ziyang city and surrounding Neijiang prefecture to Hong Kong, where there have been 10 infections since 2004.
New York company expands recall of chicken products
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A New York company is expanding its recall of ready-to-eat chicken products by an additional 90,000 pounds because of possible listeria contamination, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Sunday.
The voluntary recall by Brooklyn, New York-based Ilyssa Manufacturing Corp. started on July 28 when it recalled about 3,200 pounds of “Chef Pronto” chicken products.
Russia bird flu could spread to EU
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A strain of bird flu dangerous to humans could spread to parts of the European Union from Siberia, a senior Russian veterinary official warned on Monday.
Chances were “very high” the strain found in the Novosibirsk region could spread to other parts of Siberia, the official from the Russian Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection Service told Reuters.
Angola immunizes 5 million children in polio fight
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Angola stepped up its fight against polio on Sunday, with mothers out in force to take advantage of a nationwide immunization drive after the first appearance of the disease in the African country in four years.
The three-day, $3.74 million campaign was run by the Health Ministry, the United Nations Childrens Fund UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) and is aimed at stopping polio before it spreads.
Stem cell sponsor sees veto-proof Senate backing
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An expansion of federally funded embryonic stem cell research could pass the U.S. Senate with a veto-proof margin now that the chamber’s leader backs the idea, a leading sponsor of the effort said on Sunday.
But it may be harder getting the super-majority needed to override a possible presidential veto in the House of Representatives, Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Arlen Specter said.
Specter said the decision last week by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to defy President Bush and support legislation liberalizing the administration’s policy on stem cell research had given the effort a “big boost” in Congress.
HK orders clean up as swine flu spreads in China
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Alarmed by an outbreak of swine flu in mainland China that has killed 34 people, Hong Kong’s government set up tough new measures on Monday to try to protect the southern territory from the disease.
Over 180 people have been infected with Streptococcus suis, a form of swine flu, in China’s southwestern Sichuan province since June.
The Hong Kong government ordered pig farms in the city to strictly observe hygiene standards and to dispose of pig carcasses properly in designated areas.
