Source: LOHAS Weekly Newsletter
Published: Saturday, December 01, 2001

U.K.-based The Organic Spirits Co. has announced the launch of the world’s first organic rum, Papagayo, a 37.5-proof single-estate white rum.

The European Commission has asked the Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) to review its opinion on creatine supplementation. In September 2000, SCF adopted an opinion that stated that it had found little information on the short-term or long-term safety of the supplement when taken in high doses. SCF now will review the adverse effects of dosages lower than 2 grams/day.

Tetra Pak Canada Inc., a packaging manufacturer and maker of Canada’s popular “drink boxes,” has launched a new type of packaging called the Tetra Recart, a returnable, 100 percent recyclable carton that the company says is suitable for foods that have until now been canned or packaged in glass jars.

Representatives from the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PMA) in South Africa are suggesting that state-run hospitals working on small budgets eliminate herbal cough suppressants from their treatment options because their effectiveness is still being debated and because of their availability to patients over the counter.

Instead, the association asserts, hospitals should purchase essential antibiotics.