Craziness Alert: Coffee is dangerous for you, warns EU Bureaucrats!!!

[army judge]

Anders Vistisen, the Danish MEP, said: 'It's becoming ridiculous' Credit: Miguel Medina
Anders Vistisen, a Danish MEP and chief whip of Patriots for Europe said: "More unwelcome and needless inference from meddling bureaucrats in Brussels!

Coffee is "harmful" to humans, the European Union has said in a regulation banning the use of caffeine as a pesticide.

Brussels bureaucrats said there was scientific evidence to back up claims that "caffeine is harmful to humans if swallowed".

Their report said the substance, a central component of coffee, could cause adverse effects on the heart, hydration, and body temperature, as well as triggering anxiety and sleep problems.

There was not sufficient research to judge whether caffeine is a risk for people who work with it or live near where it is processed, it added.

The report was produced to reinforce a decision to ban caffeine from being used to kill snails and slugs around cabbage and potato patches.

But it has prompted fears that Brussels regulations could one day target coffee, a staple of the European way of life.

"What is this all leading to? Are they seriously going to eventually force us to drink decaffeinated coffee? It's becoming ridiculous.

"Nobody thinks smoking and whiskey are good for you, but they add pleasure to many people's lives," he added.
Mr Vistisen said the latest diktat echoed an attempt by Brussels to ban the cinnamon roll.

The Danish pastry had to be reclassified as a "traditional" food to avoid an EU-enforced limit on coumarin, a compound in cinnamon that is toxic in high doses.

Mr Vistisen added: "A few years ago, the EU wished to ban cinnamon on Danish pastries and the bakers union had to wrangle a get-out clause. It would suit everyone much better if many of these matters were left to national competence and personal choice."

Similar bans on the use of titanium dioxide and other food colouring hit bakers who were forced to either scrap products from the EU market or rework their recipes.

Coffee is dangerous for you, warns EU

Brussels bureaucrats claim report proves caffeine ‘harmful to humans if swallowed’, prompting fears of coffee ban

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[Red Kayak]

My grandfather wrote a long report on coffee in 5th grade (~1910), concluding "I don't see why anyone would drink coffee." He stuck with unsweetened hot cocoa and lived into his 90s.

His immigrant parents were Scandinavians teetotalers.

By the way, coumarin in the diet might be a good thing in populations with a higher incidence of Factor V Leiden... Can attest that cinnamon never affected my INR.

 

[Tax Counsel]

Regulations like this strike me as a regulatory agency with too little to do looking to justify its existence. I agree with the EU MP who said it was best left to national/local legislation whether to ban caffeine, just as that kind of ban would be best left to the states in the U.S. rather than imposed by Congress. This kind of legislation formed a significant part of the arguments that the Brexit supporters made to encourage UK citizens to vote to leave the EU.

 

[army judge]

The village idiots thinking about banning caffeine and/or cinnamon illustrates what ensues by allowing the village idiots to become village leaders/officials.

Meanwhile, if caffeine is harmful, what qualifies marijuana as a medical panacea?

This reminds me of the 1998 book by Dr. Johnson, "Who Moved My Cheese".