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issues warning letters to five caffeine distributors
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[September 02, 2015]
(Reuters) - The Food and Drug
Administration on Tuesday issued warning letters to five distributors of
pure powdered caffeine, as the federal agency stepped up efforts to
curtail ingestion of the stimulant in its pure form.
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 The drug regulator had in 2014 issued a consumer advisory warning of
the risk to taking pure powdered form of caffeine after two men died
from overdose.
The warning letters were sent to SPN LLC dba Smartpowders, Purebulk
Inc, Kreativ Health Inc dba Natural Food Supplements, Hard Eight
Nutrition LLC and Bridge City Bulk. (http://1.usa.gov/1NVEq9o)
These distributors were marketing pure powdered caffeine as a
dietary supplement, the FDA said.
Earlier in 2012, the FDA issued a warning letter to Breathable Foods
Inc, a company that marketed an inhalable caffeine product as
'breathable energy'.
The agency had in the same year investigated reports of five deaths
that may be associated with Monster Beverage Corp's namesake energy
drink that contains caffeine. (http://reut.rs/1fTme2j)
Caffeine is commonly used in small and safe doses in products such
as coffee, carbonated beverages and energy drinks.
Common milder side-effects from taking increasing amounts of
caffeine include nervousness and tremors. Pure powdered caffeine
taken in large doses, however, can cause erratic heartbeat, seizures
and death.
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One teaspoon of pure powdered coffee was equivalent to the amount of
caffeine in about 28 cups of regular coffee, the FDA said on
Tuesday.
(Reporting by Vidya L Nathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Don Sebastian
and Sriraj Kalluvila)
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