Tag: energy drinks
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Prosecutor Agreement Revealed in Monster Energy Probes
According to news sources, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have entered an agreement to share documents and otherwise coordinate efforts in their ongoing investigations of Monster Beverage Corp., which, they allege, illegally markets highly caffeinated beverages to children. Herrera reportedly said, “Up until now, we have been…
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Oregon AG Sues 5-Hour ENERGY® Makers Seeking Information
Oregon Attorney General (AG) Ellen Rosenblum has reportedly filed an action in state court against the companies that make and promote 5-hour ENERGY®, a drink purportedly linked to adverse incidents including fatalities, seeking to enforce her demand for information about the product. The lawsuit against Innovation Ventures, Living Essentials and Microdose Sales, filed in Multnomah…
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Monster Beverage’s Challenge to S.F. Attorney Investigation Dismissed
A federal court in California has dismissed, without prejudice, the action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought against the San Francisco city attorney, seeking to halt his investigation of Monster Beverage’s energy drinks and efforts to regulate their formulation, labeling and promotion. Monster Beverage Corp. v. Herrera, No. 13-0786 (C.D. Cal., decided December 16, 2013).…
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Researchers Claim Energy Drinks Increase Heart Contraction Rates
An ongoing study presented at the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA’s) 99th Annual Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting has reportedly claimed that energy drinks “significantly increased” heart contraction rates in healthy adults one hour after consumption. According to a December 2, 2013, RSNA press release, researchers with the University of Bonn, Germany, used cardiac…
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Senators Question Use of Toys to Market Energy Drinks
U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Rockefeller (D-W.V.), and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have written a letter to Rockstar, Inc. CEO Russell Weiner, questioning the energy drink company’s relationship with Ronin Syndicate, the manufacturer of remote-controlled toys crossed-branded with the Rockstar logo. Responding to consumer complaints on social media sites, the senators pointed to…
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Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Red Bull
The grandmother of a 33-year-old who allegedly died from cardiac arrest after ingesting a Red Bull “energy drink” while playing basketball has filed a survival and wrongful death action against the company. Terry v. Red Bull N. Am., Inc., No. 506504/2013 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Kings Cty., filed October 24, 2013). The complaint recites a number…
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Inconvenient Forum at Issue Again in Four Loko Death Suit
An Illinois appeals court has reversed a trial court determination that Illinois would not be an inconvenient forum for the defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a 15-year-old boy who allegedly drank two cans of the alcohol energy drink Four Loko and was killed on a Virginia highway after becoming…
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French Safety Agency Warns of Energy Drink Risk
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) has released a report that warns of the risks associated with consumption of energy drinks, particularly for children, pregnant women and people with certain genetic predispositions, such as cardiovascular or psychiatric and neurological disorders, kidney failure or liver disease. The agency also recommends…