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Cocaine traces found in Red Bull Cola
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Last updated 11:32 30/05/2009
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Austria's health ministry says traces of cocaine have been found in samples of Red Bull Cola energy drinks.

Spokeswoman Sigrid Rosenberger says the traces are very slight and do not pose a health risk.

Earlier this month, several German states told retailers to stop selling Red Bull after a sample test by authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia state found 0.4 micrograms per litre in the drink.

Rosenberger said overnight the Austrian findings hovered around the detection limit.

Red Bull has said its cola is "harmless and marketable in both the US and Europe."

 

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含微量古柯鹼 衛署:紅牛能量飲料全面下架
中央社 更新日期:"2009/05/30 17:25"

（中央社記者黃慧敏台北30日電）衛生署今天表示，衛生署主動抽驗奧地利進口的紅牛能量飲料，結果檢出微量古柯鹼0.030 ppb（千億分之3)，已要求廠商全面下架回收。

衛生署表示，衛生署根據國際食品安全訊息，主動抽驗紅牛能量飲料，發現有微量古柯鹼後，立刻通知進口商所在的台北市政府衛生局依法處辦，衛生局並商請檢調單位協助查緝。

除了衛生署責成台北市衛生局督促進口商全面下架回收涉案產品，檢調單位也已配合陸續查扣涉案產品。

衛生署表示，所檢出的古柯鹼雖然含量極低，不致於對人體健康造成危害，但依法食品中不得含有禁藥。

衛生署呼籲，消費者如自國外攜帶或網路購得這些產品，應避免食用。980530

 

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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/270916,jordan-prohibits-red-bull-cola-citing-german-ban.html

Jordan prohibits Red Bull Cola, citing German ban
Posted : Fri, 29 May 2009 11:53:53 GMT
Author : DPA
Category : Middle East (World)
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Amman - The Jordan Food and Drug Administration has banned the import of the energy drink Red Bull Cola and ordered its local agent to withdraw the product from the market, JFDA Director General Mohammad Rawashdeh was quoted as saying Friday. The decision was made following findings in Germany that the drink contains a trace amount of cocaine, he told the Jordan Times.

"Whenever we receive reports from any country regarding the withdrawal of a product from the market and we have it in Jordan, we do the same until we conduct the required tests," Rawashdeh said.

Last week, six German states reportedly notified retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola energy drinks, which is manufactured in Austria, after a test found a trace amount of cocaine in the product.

"The ban started last Friday after a sample test conducted by the authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia state found 0.4 microgrammes per litre in the drink," the report said.