Dive Summary:
- After helping bring about a lawsuit against Monster energy drinks, a lawyer representing Wendy Crossland, the mother who recently lost her daughter after she had consumed said drink, has now urged the FDA to regulate and ban the sell of energy drinks to minors.
- While the FDA regulates the amount of caffeine in soft drinks, Monster is technically labeled a dietary supplement, which have no caffeine regulations.
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The drink also contains substances such as Taurine and Guarana, both of which produce stimulative similar to caffeine.
From the article:
"Representing the mother Wendy Crossland, Kevin Goldberg from Goldberg, Finnegan & Mester, said: "I would like nothing more than to have these drinks regulated by the FDA and ban the sale to minors."Maryland resident Crossland said she just wants Monster Corporation to "know its product can kill", since she blames the company for the death of her daughter Anais Fournier, 14.Fournier suffered a cardiac arrhythmia last December after drinking two 24oz (710ml) Monster Energy drinks within a 24-hour period, the law firm said in a statement issued last Friday.Strength-sapping blow for energyCross..."
