Ottawa considers crackdown on sweet, high-alcohol drinks

Health Canada wants to reduce the alcohol content and product size of such sweetened drinks as FCKD UP and Four Loko.
Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor will launch a 45-day consultation aimed at modifying the Food and Drugs Act. The proposed changes would focus on products sold as individual servings and in non-resealable containers.
The drinks are extremely popular with young people and that’s why Petitpas Taylor wants to act, a spokesperson for the minister said.
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