RE: speaking of caffeine, my drinking habit, etc. ...

["Chris Queen" <cqueen at tmsmail_net>]

Wow!  I've lived in Atlanta all my life, and I didn't even know about those
court cases!

Chris


>
> Peter wrote:
> > > How the times can change and yet remain the same...
> > > _________________
> > >
> > > USA -vs- 40 Barrels of Coca Cola
> > >
> > > If you think this 1916 Supreme Court Case was because Coca-Cola
> > > contained coca - you're wrong!  It's because it didn't contain any! -
> > > nor cola - which the government construed as "mislabeling, false and
> > > deceptive". However, The government was also annoyed because they felt
> > > the drink did contain another "poisonous and addictive drug" -
> > > caffeine!
> > > _________________
> > >
> > > U.S. v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca Cola, 241 U.S. 265
> > > (1916). (Also known as United States v Coca Cola Company, Inc.)
> > >
> > > ISSUES: (1) Whether Coca Cola was "adulterated" within the meaning of
> > > the Pure Food and Drug Law by the inclusion of caffeine, by virtue of
> > > caffeine being an "added poisonous or added deleterious ingredient ...
> > > which might render the product injurious to health." (2) Whether Coca
> > > Cola was "misbranded"
> > >

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