CSPI asks FDA to ban powdered caffeine sold as a dietary supplement

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has sent a petition to federal regulators seeking the ban of pure, powdered caffeine that is packaged and sold as a dietary supplement. Because of the product’s extreme potency, the possibility of accidental overdose poses a clear and present public health risk, the organization asserts.

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FDA acts to pull concentrated caffeine from market

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FDA Calls Powdered Caffeine Unsafe

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