While doing some research for this blog I came across an article that stated that France tired to put a ban in effect against Red Bull. The country was concerned about the number of deaths in Europe that was linked to the energy drink and did not want its products sold. However, the European Commission challenged the ban because "they complained it was imhibiting imports". The European Court of Justice then told France they must remove the ban until health risks could be proven. Only 2 other countries have banned this drink: Denmark and Norway.
My take on this is that I do not beleive France has a right to ban Red Bull. I feel as though the government could have gone another route and requested that warning labels be placed on the cans and then leave it up to the public to decide. If people want to risk their health while drinking Red Bull, then as long as they know the potential consequences, then that is their choice. It was definitely an interesting article though!
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If countries are banning the drink there has to be something wrong with it
ReplyDeleteJohn - there's also something wrong with cigarrettes (they kill people) and countries aren't banning those... I agree with Kendra. They should have just put warning labels on them and left it up to the public to decide.
ReplyDeleteHey Kendra, this Friday we don't have class but I guess it's going to be a day for us to work on our Presentations? We could just both do some research for it this weekend and email each other what we have, and then maybe meet next week or something to work on it if you want... let me know what you think. My email is breidel@bridgew.edu
Ttyl! Good job on the blogging! It's really interesting.