Health Canada has expanded a wide-ranging recall of 45 caffeinated energy drinks that it says are unsafe due to caffeine content and labeling issues.
The December 22nd update includes products without bilingual labeling as well as all variants of ABE, Bleach T4-F, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders, Juvee, One Piece, Operation Phoenix and Up Time.
Popular brands such as 5 Hour, AriZona, Monster, Prime and Red Bull were already recalled on July 12 due to similar issues.
The complete list of recalled products You will find here.
In Canada, energy drinks cannot contain more than 180 mg of caffeine per serving. In addition, products require information on the safe number of servings per day and warnings to protect children.
“Most of the recalled products were neither manufactured nor intended for sale in Canada, but were imported from third parties and sold in stores across Canada,” Health Canada said in a statement. “There are similar products in Canada that meet Canadian requirements and are not affected by the recall warnings.”
Health Canada says the recalls were triggered by CFIA inspection activities, adding that it has not received any reports of anyone becoming ill or having an adverse reaction.
Anyone currently in possession of the products is warned not to consume, use, sell, serve or distribute the recalled products.
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