Thursday, March 21, the parliament will be reviewing the Energy Drink Circulation Law and will be deciding on restrictions on sales of this product. It is planned to prohibit the selling of energy drinks to minors starting from 2014. It is also planned to limit the sale of this product in schools and other education institutions. Shops will be required to put energy drinks on separate shelves.
Restrictions will also apply to advertisements ? young people are not to be the target audience. Endocrinologist Iveta Dzivite-Krisane told LTV and Latvian Radio?s internet news portal that children are likely to become addicted to this sugary and caffeine rich type of drink.
?In my opinion as a doctor, I believe these drinks need to be limited and made unavailable for children. There have not been any children with acute changes in children, but theoretically speaking contents of energy drinks can cause changes in the metabolism of glucose and amino acids. Systematic consumption of these drinks could lead to serious health problems for children. Energy drinks should be prohibited for children. This is not about production. Energy drinks cause addiction if consumed on a regular basis, something sweets are unable to do,? ? the doctor says.
The sale of energy drinks is currently prohibited in Latvian schools. In the bill, energy drinks are defined as ?non-alcoholic drinks that contain stimulating substances or tonics, including caffeine, the total proportion of which among other ingredients exceeds 150 mg/l of carbohydrates, amino acids, minerals and vitamins, including B-group vitamins and other additives.?
Authors of the bill note that there is no single definition to ?energy drink? in the EU. Energy drinks are generally considered non-alcoholic drinks that contain sugar, caffeine and other additives like taurine, riboflavin, pyridoxine, and nicotinamide, vitamin B and different plant derivatives.
No country of the EU has full prohibition of energy drinks, but Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Slovakia, Austria, Finland and Sweden have specific trade restrictions.
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Source: http://bnn-news.com/sales-energy-drinks-minors-prohibited-91288
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