A follow up to our post last November on
popular nightclub drinks that contain alcohol and caffeine: Health
Canada has now approved the sale of these products beverages with caffeine -- as long as the
caffeine is from a natural source, like coffee, guarana or tea.
So pre-mixed cans of rum and coke are fine under the Food and Drug Act, as the caffeine in the mix is derived naturally from cola. However, pre-mixed cans of energy drinks (which contain additives like caffeine, taurine and vitamins) with alcohol continue to not be approved for sale by Health Canada.
Health Canada, which regulates the safety of beverages and foods, will not comment on whether they are or will be reviewing the safety of pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks.
The sale of energy drinks along with alcoholic beverages falls under provincial and territorial jurisdiction.
Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an ultimatum to 27 companies who manufacture caffeinated alcoholic beverages last year, threatening to ban the sale of the drinks unless they can prove they are safe.
The FDA is still reviewing data and has not yet made a decision.
Safety concerns were raised in 2006 after a study revealed that consumers felt less drunk when inebriated with alcohol and caffeine, yet made as many mistakes as those intoxicated without the added caffeine.
Related Marketplace story: Mixed messages: Alcohol and Red Bull
So pre-mixed cans of rum and coke are fine under the Food and Drug Act, as the caffeine in the mix is derived naturally from cola. However, pre-mixed cans of energy drinks (which contain additives like caffeine, taurine and vitamins) with alcohol continue to not be approved for sale by Health Canada.
Health Canada, which regulates the safety of beverages and foods, will not comment on whether they are or will be reviewing the safety of pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks.
The sale of energy drinks along with alcoholic beverages falls under provincial and territorial jurisdiction.
Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an ultimatum to 27 companies who manufacture caffeinated alcoholic beverages last year, threatening to ban the sale of the drinks unless they can prove they are safe.
The FDA is still reviewing data and has not yet made a decision.
Safety concerns were raised in 2006 after a study revealed that consumers felt less drunk when inebriated with alcohol and caffeine, yet made as many mistakes as those intoxicated without the added caffeine.
Related Marketplace story: Mixed messages: Alcohol and Red Bull
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"pre-mixed cans of rum and coke are fine under the Food and Drug Act, as the caffeine in the mix is derived naturally from cola"
When did cola become a natural source of caffeine?