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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.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday April 17 2018, @08:43PM (1 child)
Re: vegans, I would have thought the similarities would be obvious.
Look, you ain't perfect but there's no need to get your panties in a wad over it. That's just life as a human being. Ain't none of us perfect and special little snowflakes. I, for instance, suck donkey balls at artsy stuff and made any number of foolish decisions growing up that I'd change if I could but you don't hear me making excuses about any of it.
The moral of this story is you're an imperfect hairless ape barely removed from flinging your own shit just like everyone else. Don't put on airs.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 18 2018, @03:23AM
> Mine handles around 1000mg every single morning; 1500 if I didn't sleep well and need a bit more of a kick to get going.
> Don't put on airs.
'nuff said.