The Bull Cola
Red Bull «with cocaine» have officially forbidden and on Taiwan. Earlier the drink has been forbidden in Austria. The authorities of Taiwan have entered an interdiction for sale of soft drink Cola of company Red Bull, informs Taiwan News. The interdiction for a drink imported from Austria has been entered after detection in a drink of residual portions of cocaine.
In conformity with the order of Ministry of Health of Taiwan, drink structure it has been decided to check up after it has been forbidden in several regions of Germany. The German authorities have withdrawn a drink from sale after detection in a drink (0,4 micrograms on litre) cocaine.
Employees of bodies of public health services of Taiwan have found out 0,03 micrograms of cocaine on litre of the investigated drink. According to experts of public health services, even such portion of a drug safely for health also cannot lead to dependence. The deadly dose of cocaine contains in 700 thousand litres of a drink.
However, according to the statement of Ministry of Health of the country, the interdiction for cocaine concerns as much as small doses of narcotic substance. On Saturday the interdiction for sale Red Bull on May, 30th has been entered, 17 165 copies of a drink about 750 thousand US dollars are withdrawn by total cost.
Company Red Bull declares, that drink Cola is completely harmless and corresponds to realisation standards. Representatives of the company intend to address in court as the start of sales of a drink planned for June, 1st because of the entered interdiction is postponed.
Earlier Ministry of Health of Austria has informed on detection in structure Red Bull Cola of traces of cocaine. As has declared the representative of ministry Sigrid Rosenberger, the drug mass fraction slightly and does not represent health hazard.