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FDA Bans Sale of Bulk Caffeine to Consumers

posted by mrpg on Monday April 16 2018, @11:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the precedence:bulk dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

FDA Bans Pure Bulk Caffeine Products, Citing "significant Public Health Concern"

Companies can no longer sell bulk packages of liquid or powdered caffeine directly to consumers, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. The policy will take immediate effect "given the significant public health concern," according to the agency's statement released Friday. "Highly concentrated and pure caffeine, often sold in bulk packages, have been linked to at least two deaths in otherwise healthy individuals," the agency stated.

[...] In small doses, if you're otherwise healthy, caffeine shouldn't kill you. But part of the issue is that highly concentrated caffeine looks nothing like the kinds of caffeinated products we're used to seeing. Instead, it can look like water if it's in a liquid form or sugar if it's powdered. "The consequences of a consumer mistakenly confusing one of these products could be toxic or even lethal," the agency stated.

[...] Between 10 and 14 grams of caffeine is considered life-threatening, according to the FDA's guidelines, though people can have an irregular or rapid heart rate and seizures after taking just a gram. The amount of concentrated caffeine that's considered safe at a time—200 milligrams—is very, very small.

Also at Bloomberg.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 16 2018, @11:58PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 16 2018, @11:58PM (#667858)

    If I want to overdose on caffeine and vomit in a train station trash can, I should be free to overdose on caffeine and vomit in a train station trash can! Fuck America land of NO FREEDUMBS!!! I'm gonna shit in the fucking trash can instead!!!! Train station here I come.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday April 17 2018, @12:45AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday April 17 2018, @12:45AM (#667871)

    That's why they sell 5 hour energy drink at convenience stores...

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 17 2018, @03:57AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 17 2018, @03:57AM (#667942)

    We don't got no train station coz we don't got no train!

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday April 17 2018, @02:24PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 17 2018, @02:24PM (#668089) Journal

    Fuck America land of NO FREEDUMBS!!!

    America has plenty of DUMS that are FREE. They even vote. They can run for office. They become managers and rise to the highest levels within corporations.

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