UAE Cabinet Resolution No. 8/2010 issued the mandatory standard, giving a gross period of six months — by October 29, 2010 — for suppliers and producers, regulators and others involved to adjust and comply to the requirement.
The product has spread in the market widely, and largely consumed by those who do not have enough awareness about this new item and its consequences on the UAE market.
ESMA Director-General Mohammed Saleh Badri said that the mandatory standard for energy drinks is now issued as a technical regulation in the UAE and GCC at the same time to ensure harmonisation of the regulation of these drinks in the Gulf market.
The regulation stipulates the following limitations per 100 grammes of a product: caffeine should not exceed 32mg; taurine, 400mg; anistol, 20mg; and gloconolacotine, 240mg.
It also states that the product must be registered with the health authority before being distributed in the market, further specifying that the product must be free from banned drugs and hormones, and that added ingredients should be from authorised substances and in conformity with the decisions of health authorities.
Furthermore, along with the requirement of the Technical Regulations of the United Arab Emirates number nine for food cards, the packaging information should clearly give the following warning: “This product should not be consumed by pregnant women, nursing mothers and children less than sixteen years old, athletes during exercise, and people who are allergic to caffeine, and those suffering from heart problems.”
Badri added that the issuance of these regulations in cooperation with their counterparts from other GCC nations was arrived at after extensive studies on the specifications and methods of handling these products in developed countries, which showed considerable variation in systems used between the restricted circulation in pharmacies, or in specific places due to the nature of ingredients used within the products.
He said that this regulation defines energy drinks as “a non-gas drink that is produced by natural water, natural carbohydrate, caffeine, and some other elements such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and food additives along with juices or fruit pulp and natural plant extracts.”
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