Thank you, Madam Chair.
First, I would like to thank all the witnesses for coming here today.
I believe the national reality is probably not unlike the reality in my household. We adults drank coffee, and then all of a sudden when my children were about 14, these cans started arriving. I assumed they were safe because they were buying them in convenience stores. We talk about 80% of the consumption being from coffee, but I think that among young people from 12 to 20 most caffeine is coming from these energy drinks.
I did some quick calculations and I want to know if I'm understanding this right. If the recommended dose is no more than 2.5 milligrams per kilo, between 12 and 20 years of age, let's say, you can have young girls that are probably in that range. The other thing I've heard is that energy drinks can range from 50 milligrams to 150 milligrams in that 473-millilitre can.
If you do the first calculation, you have a young girl between 13 and 20 who perhaps weighs 80 or 90 pounds and maybe a little more and her recommended level should be no more than 100 milligrams a day. If you have a 150-milligram can even by consuming one can, never mind putting in alcohol or anything else, she has exceeded what is appropriate. I'll leave that open for general conversation.