Toronto wants to curb the consumption of high caffeine energy drinks. Two items on March 20 agenda of the board of health target the sale of such beverages, though they stop short of proposing an outright ban.
The first item is a proposed update to the the city policy on alcohol, which would require those organizing events on city property to be familiar with Health Canada’s warning to not mix energy drinks with booze and to pass such information on to bartenders.
The updated policy would also ask event organizers to consider not selling energy drinks in general, though such a request would ultimately have no teeth.
The second item seeks to restrict sales and the mixing of alcohol with energy drinks at city agencies like the Toronto Zoo, Exhibition Place and municipal arenas. Like item one, it also asks that these agencies consider not selling energy drinks at all.
Toronto's Board of Health has had its sights on limiting the consumption of energy drinks since at least 2014, and continues to plug away at this directive.
Right now the measures are mostly educational and lack much by way of incentive or bite for those who don't comply, but it's unlikely that the city's about to drop this issue any time soon.
by Derek Flack via blogTO
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