Health committee  Very quickly, it was referred to already: the Advertising Standards Council. We have an arrangement with them, that is, Health Canada does. They are some of the people who monitor, but it is very much a relationship, so we are also looking at this, and so is the marketed health p

Health committee  Thank you. I'll take that question. A number of things have been done to date, as I mentioned, with regard to the “It's Your Health” letters, some of those being general to caffeine and some of them being more specific to energy drinks. I think what we're hearing, and certainl

Health committee  Thank you. Yes, I think what you have pointed out is the difficulty in arriving at a dose or a recommended dose. In fact, that is why the current labelling for these products is that the products are not recommended for children. One of the things we're looking at, because we

Health committee  Again, I think you have raised something we are quite aware of at Health Canada, particularly within the directorate. There have been a few comments made that I would just bring back to you. There was a suggestion made by Dr. Sweet regarding involving others in what he referred t

Health committee  I would like to highlight something to the committee, or perhaps even make a correction. It was stated by one of the witnesses that under the NHP regulations, there was no assessment done of these products. I want to assure you that this is not correct. In fact, there's a full

Health committee  Certainly. I guess the simple answer would be yes. In the context of promoting and encouraging adverse reaction reports generally, not just for energy drinks but for any product that may be a drug, we have done a great deal to promote that. Some of you may have even read some of

Health committee  Yes, I'll try my best. Certainly, as Dr. Godefroy mentioned, Dr. Turner would probably give you a more complete answer. We can supply things in writing as well, if you'd like. Part of the assessment is to go beyond the report. Certainly when the marketed health products directo

Health committee  I think it's fair to say to a certain extent. Maybe Dr. Turner will just nod his head here, but--

Health committee  Not records per se, but the information we might ask directly of the person who reported the adverse reaction.

Health committee  We have access to the lab tests that may have been done on a person who reports. If the individuals themselves report, or if a physician reports, then at times that information will be available. It certainly would be requested if there were any lab tests or other things done at

Health committee  That is something I would be happy to provide, but I'm not sure we have looked at what you're referring to as a safe level of caffeine and taurine together for that age group—

Health committee  May I just finish? That's because, in fact, the age group is not within the recommended conditions of use that you're referring to.

Health committee  I'm not quite sure how to answer your question. If you're speaking more about adverse reactions, I would probably call on my colleague to give you a much more complete answer to that. My colleague, Dr. Chris Turner, is here from the marketed health products directorate. If the co

Health committee  Yes. I think Dr. Turner will take that, too, so you may have to repeat it.

Health committee  To some extent, the answer to that has been referred to by the other witnesses, although I think primarily what you've heard about to date is the amount of caffeine that is looked at, has been well examined, and is cited in the “It's Your Health” letter as far as safe amounts of