The FDA is warning companies that make two highly concentrated caffeine products to stop making them, because the government considers them a threat to public health. The companies are Liquidcaffeine and Dual Health Body and Mind. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said, "Despite being informed of the dangers of highly concentrated and pure caffeine, we’re still finding companies that are disregarding consumer safety by illegally selling products with potentially dangerous and lethal amounts of caffeine. The FDA recently took action to explain which pure and highly concentrated caffeine products cannot be lawfully marketed because they pose an unacceptable risk to consumers. We’ve already seen at least two deaths linked to pure or concentrated caffeine, and we’ll be enforcing the law to … [Read more...]
After Deaths, FDA Mulls Action on Powdered Caffeine
After two young men died from taking powdered pure caffeine, the U.S. Food ad Drug Administration (FDA) issued a consumer advisory and is now mulling further action, according to Michael Landa, Director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Eighteen-year-old, Logan James Stiner, a high school senior, athlete and prom king died days before his graduation in May after taking powdered pure caffeine. James Wade Sweatt, 24, a newly married, recent graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, downloaded a conversion chart to try to calculate the proper dose but slipped into a coma after using powdered pure caffeine and later died. Both young men purchased the caffeine online where it is marketed like an energy-boosting dietary supplement rather than a stimulant. … [Read more...]
