{"id":58113,"date":"2018-01-10T21:54:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T21:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/mp-calls-for-ban-on-high-caffeine-energy-drinks\/"},"modified":"2018-01-10T21:54:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T21:54:17","slug":"mp-calls-for-ban-on-high-caffeine-energy-drinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/mp-calls-for-ban-on-high-caffeine-energy-drinks\/","title":{"rendered":"MP calls for ban on high-caffeine energy drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>An MP has called for a ban on high-caffeine energy drinks for under-16s, following the suicide of a 25-year-old constituent.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Caulfield raised the issue in Prime Minister&#039;s Questions. <\/p>\n<p>She said Justin Bartholomew&#039;s family were &quot;convinced&quot; his intake of more than 15 cans a day had increased his anxiety and contributed to his death. <\/p>\n<p>Theresa May said the government had taken action over high-sugar drinks and would continue to look at the evidence. <\/p>\n<p>Supermarket chain Waitrose recently announced it was banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children aged under 16, following concerns over the impact of sugar and caffeine on children. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-42567638\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Waitrose bans sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-42298192\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Teachers call for ban on energy drinks in schools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ms Caulfield asked whether, given the actions of Waitrose and campaigners, including Jamie Oliver, the prime minister would consider a national ban.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs May said the MP for Lewes had raised a &quot;tragic case&quot; and recognised energy drinks high in sugar could be damaging to young people&#039;s health. <\/p>\n<p>She said the government had introduced the soft drinks industry levy \u2013 a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks, which takes effect in April 2018.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p05tdsp5.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But the Department of Health and Social Care would continue to look at the issue and the scientific evidence, the prime minister said. <\/p>\n<p>The British Soft Drinks Association has said energy drinks have been &quot;deemed safe&quot; by regulators but are not marketed or promoted to under-16s. <\/p>\n<p>Existing industry labelling guidelines require any soft drink with more than 150mg of caffeine per litre to carry a high-caffeine content warning and state it is not recommended for children. <\/p>\n<p>Last month, campaign group Action on Sugar found that typical serving sizes of energy drinks, at 500ml (nearly a pint), were larger than for other sugary drinks and were &quot;completely inappropriate for children to consume&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-42633277\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/is3.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Purple118\/v4\/4c\/2c\/a9\/4c2ca936-441b-0a48-179b-40c734137d04\/source\/175x175bb.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<p>An MP has called for a ban on high-caffeine energy dri..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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