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可口可乐1909年以前在饮料中加大量的咖啡因,还有可卡因。
The Pure Food and Drug Act was initially concerned with ensuring products were labeled correctly. Habit-forming drugs such as
cocaine were not illegal so long as they were labeled with their contents. This labeling requirement gave way to efforts to outlaw certain products that were not safe, followed by efforts to outlaw products which were safe but not effective. Coca-Cola Company's earlier advertising behind the Act was rewarded by an attempt to outlaw
Coca-Cola in 1909 because of its excessive
caffeine content as well as its cocaine content. In the case
United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola, the judge found that Coca-Cola had a right to use caffeine as it saw fit, although excessive litigation costs caused Coca-Cola to settle out of court with the
United States Government. The caffeine amount was reduced.