“We are taking this step after trying — unsuccessfully — to navigate a difficult and politically-charged regulatory environment at both the state and federal levels.”
—PHUSION PROJECTS, maker of the Four Loko alcoholic energy drink, in its announcement that it would remove caffeine, taurine and guarana from its products. On Nov. 17, the FDA moved to ban Four Loko and other similar drinks, following a year of study and recently mounting criticism over the beverages' role in alcohol poisoning and even death [via Phusion Projects]
