Re: Truth in "truth in labelling" laws

Joe Thompson <spam+@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
I am given to understand that in both Canada and Australia this is the
result of stricter food-and-drug laws than in the US. In the US, Jolt
Cola, Mountain Dew, and in fact pretty much all caffeinated soft drinks
escape FDA regulation as a drug by claiming the caffeine is a flavoring
agent,

I prefer the truth version. I can see two plausible reasons for adding
caffeine: to make the beverage useable for stimulation / waking up, or
to make it addictive. The flavouring explanation does not hold water and
should not be a basis of lawmaking.
.

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