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Four Loko is a line of alcoholic beverages sold ... 2010 the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board sent letters to all liquor stores urging distributors to discontinue ...
Four Loko beverage, a common caffeinated alcoholic beverage. On November 17, 2010, the United States FDA introduced a ban on caffeinated alcoholic drinks, preventing the marketing and distribution of any prepackaged caffeinated alcoholic drink [1].
According to its website, Four Loko is “a premium malt beverage” — which means it contains malted barley. The brand also lists “natural and artificial flavors” as ingredients on its site.
Four Loko is a popular alcoholic drink that is facing a growing backlash. Four states have banned it, and now the company has agreed to stop shipping Four Loko to New York. So what is this ...
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement Tuesday that U.S. regulators have decided to ban caffeinated alcoholic beverage such as Four Loko, on the grounds that they are unsafe. Five ...
As a result, the FDA sent letters to four manufacturers of caffeinated alcoholic drinks (Phusion Projects, Charge Beverages Corporation, New Century Brewing Company, and United Brands Company, Inc.) to alert them that the agency would be considering whether caffeine can lawfully be added to alcoholic drinks. [9]
Allen's came into some legal question when the United States placed a ban on caffeinated alcoholic beverages.However, with a significantly lower caffeine content, produced by the coffee flavorings and not added intentionally as with (the original) Four Loko and the other alcoholic energy drinks targeted by the ban, Allen's Coffee Brandy is still legal to sell.
Under the imminent threat of an Food and Drug Administration ban, the makers of Four Loko, an alcoholic energy drink that has come under scrutiny in recent weeks, are changing their recipe to ...