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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11589

8 July 2016
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) food safety
Parliament vetoes any positive health claims for caffeine in energy drinks

Brussels, 07/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - The health of children and teenagers, many of whom enjoy energy drinks, must under no circumstances be endangered by health claims vaunting the benefits of caffeine in these drinks they enjoy and which contain high levels of sugar, the members of the European Parliament said in Strasbourg on Thursday 7 July.

For this reason, they vetoed the controversial project of the European Commission to authorise the inclusion on the labels of energy drinks...

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