Dispensary Corner 20 July 15
July 20, 2015
Heatwave conditions in Italy
have seen significant health
concerns emerge - not least for
the country’s farm animals.
Farmers are reportedly busily
installing air conditioning and
showers in barns and pigsties
as Italy experiences its hottest
summer in over a decade.
“The situation is worrying,
particularly in the Po Valley which
has the highest concentration of
barns that have been kitted out
with fans, small showers and air
conditioners to cool down cows
and pigs,” said a formal statement
from farming group Coldiretti.
The heat has seen production
plummet, with milk supplies
down more than 50 million litres
over the first two weeks of the
month, while chickens also laid
about 10% fewer eggs.
And pigs are also perspiring,
with swine losing their appetite in
the warm temperatures meaning
they eat up to 40% less than usual.
Forget peanut allergies - a
school in the UK has banned a
spicy variety of corn chips after a
student stopped breathing from
eating one of them.
Doritos Roulette contains chips
that are ten times hotter than a
jalapeno chilli, with the George
Pindar school in Scarborough
saying they’re a health risk.
According to a warning in the
school newsletter, parents and
carers were advised that the
product is not recommended for
children.
Although the product contains
a variety of flavours most of
which are cooler, there’s a
handful in each pack coated in
an “invisible chilli powder” with
Doritos boasting on its website,
apparently accurately, the snack
will “leave you close to tears”.
The super hot chips have already
been outlawed in the USA.
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