

Those regulatory categories have differing labeling and ingredient rules.

rules, companies are not required to disclose caffeine levels in their beverages and can choose to market them as drinks or as dietary supplements. Labels on the containers state that they are “not recommended” for some consumers, including children - a group that beverage producers define as those under 12 years - and people “sensitive” to caffeine. Monster Beverage makes a variety of energy drinks with names like Monster Rehab, Monster Assault and Monster Heavy Metal. database that collects reports about such incidents. She said she did not know whether the company actively monitored the F.D.A. incident filings about possible fatalities associated with its products apart from the one filed in connection with the December death of the Maryland teenager, Anais Fournier. Sfetcu, the Monster Beverage spokesman, said that the company had not received copies of the F.D.A. reports may also raise questions about how closely producers of energy products monitor their safety or whether the F.D.A. The lawsuit charges that Monster failed to warn about the risks of its energy drinks a spokeswoman for the company said last week that its products were safe and not the cause of the teenager’s death.īut the release of the F.D.A. Last week, Wendy Crossland, the mother of that teenager, filed a lawsuit against Monster Beverage, a publicly traded company in Corona, Calif., that used to be known as Hansen Natural. The records were recently obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the mother of a 14-year-old Maryland girl who died in December from a heart arrhythmia after drinking large cans of Monster Energy on two consecutive days. in cases involving drugs or medical devices, do not prove a link between Monster Energy and the deaths or other health problems. The reports, like similar filings with the F.D.A. Five people may have died over the past three years after drinking Monster Energy, a popular energy drink that is high in caffeine, according to incident reports recently released by the Food and Drug Administration.
