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EXCLUSIVE: Revealed: The 28 sodas, juices and other drinks recalled by FDA due to containing harmful ingredients and cancer chemicals
>The biggest beverage recall of the year so far was Fiji Water.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13502023/sodas-drinks-recalled-FDA-harmful-cancer-chemicals.html
Some 1.9million bottles of the water, made by Natural Waters of Viti Limited, were recalled due to manganese and three types of bacteria detected in the water. According to the CDC, manganese is a mineral the body needs to stay healthy, but at high levels it can cause damage to the brain.
The incident was categorized as a Class III health hazard, which means the bottled waters were 'not likely to cause adverse health consequences.'
Dr Darin Detwiler, former FDA and USDA advisor and food safety expert at Northeastern University in Boston, told DailyMail.com new drinks can end up going out onto the market very quickly without proper checks being done.
The number of recalls may be high compared to previous years, because not only are there more undeclared ingredients making their way into drinks, but there is also increasing regulatory pressure for the FDA to clamp down on food and beverage companies, Dr Detwiler said.
The figures from 2024 are a slight increase from last year: At this point in 2023 there had been 23 beverage recalls made by the FDA. The 2024 number is also slightly lower than in 2018, when there were 30 beverage recalls across the same time period.
One such set of drinks recalled this year were sodas from Charles Boggini Company: Pink Lemonade, Yellow Lemonade and Yellow Lemonade X, as well as a flavoring product called Cola Flavoring Base.
The pink and yellow lemonades were recalled because the company did not disclose they contained food dyes Red 40 and Yellow 5 respectively.
Both of the chemicals contain benzidine, a human and animal carcinogen permitted in low, presumably safe levels.
However, companies must declare if products contain it.
According to the FDA, ingestion of free benzidine raises the cancer risk to just under the 'concern' threshold, or one cancer case per one million people.
These incidents come after multiple soda products and flavorings were also recalled for containing undeclared dangerous food dyes, including one that can cause cancer.
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Judge dismisses attempted murder and other charges in state case against Paul Pelosi’s attacker
https://apnews.com/article/paul-pelosi-hammer-attack-depape-state-trial-1d4d2c95d096a46a1184eca2f12eebe8
>Hammer time
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge on Thursday dismissed several state charges against Paul Pelosi’s attacker, who was convicted in federal court last month, based on the argument that the counts fall under double jeopardy, according to the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office.
David DePape was convicted last month of assaulting a federal official’s family member and attempting to kidnap a federal official. He was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, which will run concurrently with any potential punishment to come out of the state trial. He will likely be deported back to Canada after he completes his punishment.
Following the victory in federal court, state prosecutors continued to pursue their own case against DePape, who bludgeoned former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer inside their San Francisco home in 2022. Paul Pelosi was 82 at the time of the attack.
But DePape’s public defenders say the state trial represents double jeopardy following the federal conviction. Even though the criminal counts are not exactly the same, the two cases stem from the same act, the public defender’s office said.