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'Cocaine' pulled from US shelves
An energy drink called Cocaine has been from pulled from US shops nationwide amid concerns about its name.
Redux Beverages LLC, of Las Vegas, said the company plans to sell the drink under a new name for now, reports Sky News.
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter last month saying Redux was illegally marketing the drink as a street drug alternative and a dietary supplement.
The FDA cited as evidence the drink's labelling and website, which included the statements "Speed in a Can," "Liquid Cocaine" and "Cocaine - Instant Rush."
The company says Cocaine contains no drugs and is marketed as an energy drink. It has been sold since last August in at least a dozen states.
"Of course, we intended for Cocaine energy drink to be a legal alternative the same way that celibacy is an alternative to premarital sex," Clegg Ivey, a partner in Redux said.
"It's not the same thing and no one thinks it is. Our product doesn't have any cocaine in it. No one thinks that it does."
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