VEGIES aren't always good to your health - a lesson painfully learnt by a woman in the US state of Vermont this week.
Charlotte Murphy ended up being admitted to hospital with serious skin blisters and burns after brushing up against a so-called "poison parsnip".
The invasive plant is found across North America, and has pretty yellow flowers which can apparently cause a very painful, highly light-sensitive rash.
The roots of the plant are edible and closely related to the parsnip vegetable, but "the sap is toxic and basically strips the body's ability to control the UV radiations from sunlight," according to a Cornell University expert.
The US Food and Drug Administration has declared war on non-dairy milk alternatives, with FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb confirming the launch of new guidance on the use of the term "milk".
He pointed out that soy milk, almond milk and other similar products are actually in breach of labelling guidelines.
An FDA "standard of identity" formally defines milk as coming from a lactating animal.
"And, as you know, an almond doesn't lactate, I will confess," he said, adding that it was time to get abreast of the labelling language for the products.
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