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PRO/AH/EDR> Indian walnut – Brazil: fatalities
Poisoning -- BrazilBrazil banned the sale and import of Indian walnut after health authorities associated the consumption of this seed used to lose weight, with the deaths of 3 people in the country, officials said today [8 Feb 2017].The veto also extends to the so-called "Napoleon's Hat," which, like Indian walnut, was unevenly distributed as a weight-loss treatment by mimicking the effects of laxatives, a statement from the National Agency of Sanitary Surveillance (ANVISA) said. The entity argued Read more [...]
