Recently, the Wenhua people who had recently gone to Burnaby Regency Plaza to buy condiments quickly checked their kitchens, and the Health Bureau just issued an emergency warning today that the sand ginger powder sold in a store in Regent Square contains highly toxic ingredients!
Regent Plaza
According to Vancouver Sun, the Fraser Health Department warned in an email wednesday that sand ginger powder sold in a store of the same name inside Regent Plaza was believed to contain toxic adjunct powder.
Since the beginning of February, two people have been sent to the hospital for treatment due to symptoms of irregular heart rhythm after eating this sand ginger powder.
It is understood that the appendage is the root of the aconitum, the root looks very similar to the root of ginger, is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, but its own contains aconitine, but it belongs to the highly toxic component.
Appendages
Aconitine mainly has an excitatory paralytic effect on the myocardium, vagus nerve, peripheral nerve, and after poisoning, it will produce numbness on the tip of the tongue, numbness in the limbs, and there seems to be ants crawling on the body, dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.
Some experts say that 0.2 mg of aconitine can poison people, and 3-5 mg of aconitine can make people die!
Health bureau officials said that the sand ginger powder in question was Yongxing brand, 70 grams of packaging, the price of 2.99 knives before tax, and there was no batch identification information on the packaging.
The outer packaging is as follows:
On the front, there are words such as "Specializing in Wild Ginseng, Sea Cucumber, Ginseng, Bird's Nest, Authentic Herbs, Global Seafood" and so on.
The remaining sand ginger powder in the store has reportedly been confiscated by the Fraser Health Bureau, which will continue to work with other agencies to ensure further removal of its problematic products from the market.
The Health Department also said anyone with symptoms of poisoning should seek medical attention by contacting the BC Drug and Poisons Information Center at 604-682-5050 or 1-800-567-8911.
In addition to this sand ginger powder being recalled by the Health Bureau, a series of drugs, electronic products and cosmetics related to everyone's life have recently been recalled, please be extra careful.
The first is the Bioderma Sensibio H20 micellar remover water sold at Shopper below.
It is reported that the makeup remover is contaminated with microorganisms, which may cause infections on the user's skin or eyes.
With a capacity of 850 ml, this makeup remover was sold between December 2021 and February 2022, with a total of more than 6,000 bottles affected.
Health Canada said the affected makeup remover may contain a common microbe of "Serratia visceralis" that "rarely but can cause serious infections in healthy people", have poor immune systems or have other physical conditions, such as people who have recently undergone surgery may be more susceptible to infection.
The Ministry of Health said that if the makeup remover accidentally touches the eyes, it may cause conjunctivitis, and skin infections can cause symptoms such as papules.
The UPC code of the affected product is 774665181779 (written on the white barcode label on the back of the bottle) and lot number 22414H (engraved at the bottom of the bottle).
Health Canada requires consumers to stop using it immediately or ask the merchant for a refund.
Also on the list of recalls is a smartwatch owned by Google.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recently said that Fitbit, a wearable device manufacturer owned by Google, is recalling its Ionic smartwatch on its own, and it is said that there have been more than 100 reports of overheating the battery of this product, resulting in burns!
Most of the smartwatches are sold in the U.S., but 693,000 units were sold overseas between 2017 and 2021.
According to the committee, Fitbit received 174 reports of overheating of lithium-ion batteries, with 118 people injured, including 2 reports of tertiary burns and 4 secondary burns.
Users who have this watch will receive a $299 refund after returning the watch, as well as a Flatbit coupon.
Separately, on Friday, Health Canada also announced a recall of Acuretic, a blood-lowering drug sold by Pfizer in Canada, because the antihypertensive drug contains a potential carcinogen called N-nitroso-quinapril.
Those affected include batches of all sizes that are known to contain more nitrosamines than acceptable levels, and long-term exposure may increase the risk of carcinogenesis.
However, the Ministry of Health also said that patients can choose to continue to take the medication as prescribed or follow the doctor's instructions.