China has revealed its proposed new food safety law designed to combat problems with substandard or dangerous food and restore faith in the country's food products, according to reports Monday.

China's CCTV reported Monday that the law was the first of its kind for the nation

The Virginia Department of Health said Monday that last year's report of 730 confirmed cases of rabies in animals were the highest since 1982 when the rabies reached 745 cases.

Most of the reported cases were in wild animals, the highest being the raccoons with 359 cases, skunks were second with 185 and foxes with 90. Also included were 36 cases of rabies in cats and five in dogs

The Health Ministry of Nicaragua on Thursday raised alarm over the outbreak of leptospirosis, a deadly illness prevailing in tropical countries and can be transmitted to human beings by a bacteria present in rat urine.

According to Health Minister Maritza Cuan, 10 people were already killed and 2,700 more cases were reported in some regions of this Central American country

A U.S. research team has found behavioral or painful medical problems, rather than breed can prompt dogs to bite children. The study, published in Injury Prevention, also showed two-thirds of dogs, that bit children, had never bitten a child before.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania looked at 111 cases involving 103 dogs that bit children

The Food and Drug Administration has expanded their warnings of the risks of botulism poisoning from certain Castleberry brand foods and dog foods. Consumers should be alert to certain products that have been recalled by the manufacturers. The FDA has conducted tests of the Castleberry manufacturing plant in August, Ga.

These inspections were coordinated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the information resulted in this expanded warning of their hot dog chili sauce products as follows: · Austex Onion Hot Dog Chili Sauce (10 oz.) UPC code #30300-97101 · Austex Hot Dog Chili Sauce (10 oz.) UPC code #30300-99533 · Castleberry's Hot Dog Chili Sauce (10 oz.) UPC code #30300-00101 · Castleberry's Onion Hot Dog Chili Sauce (10 oz.) UPC code #30300-07101 · Bunker Hill Hot Dog Chili Sauce (10 oz.) UPC code #75266-04152 · Kroger Hot Dog Chili Sauce (10 oz.) UPC code #11110-83942 · Meijer Hot Dog Chili Sauce (10 oz.) UPC code #41250-85862 · Food Lion Hot Dog Chili Sauce (10 oz.) UPC code #35826-06911 · Bloom Hot Dog Chili Sauce (10 oz.) UPC code #25439-92448 · Thrifty Maid Hot Dog Chili Sauce (10 oz.) UPC code #21140-21367

Although the initial recall for this product was made for the production dates of April 30 to May 22, 2007, the extended recall now includes all the products listed, irregardless of their "best by" dates. The manufacturing of all of these products has been voluntarily discontinued by Castleberry at this time as they cooperate with the FDA in the recall, production and distribution