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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11573

16 June 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) food safety
MEPs opposed to any allegation of positive health claims of caffeine in energy drinks

Brussels, 15/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - There is no question that health claims extolling the virtues of caffeine in energy drinks will be allowed because these drinks contain too much sugar for the very young clientele who are attracted to them. On Wednesday 15 June in Brussels, the European Parliament Energy Committee chaired by Giovanni Giovanni La Via (EPP Italy) made this quite clear.

By a show of hands, MEPs vetoed the European Commission project to authorise this kind of claim by...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
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