Decree No. 8 of the Chief Sanitary Inspector on strengthening supervision over beverages containing tonic components. País/Territorio Belarús Tipo de documento Reglamento Fecha 2005 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Alimentación y nutrición Palabra clave Bebidas Condimentos/hierbas/especias Procesamiento/manipulación Envasado/etiquetado Área geográphica CEI (Comunidad de Estados Independientes), Europa Oriental, Europa, Europa y Central Asia Resumen The Chief Sanitary Inspector, for the purpose of the protection of public health against adverse effects of energizing beverages, decrees as follows: 1) to establish from 1 March 2005 the norms of contents of caffeine in beverages not exceeding 400 mg/lt and tonic components extracted from the authorized medicinal herbs not exceeding one fourth of once-only therapeutic dose per litre; 2) beginning from 1 March 2005 for the use sources of caffeine in the processing of energizing beverages shall be authorized only vegetable extracts containing caffeine; 3) to prohibit from 1 March 2005 processing and trade of soft drinks containing more than two tonic components and low alcohol drinks containing tonic components; 4) beginning from 1 March 2005 beverages containing tonic components must be labelled with the following inscription “Not recommended to the persons under 18 years, pregnant women and nursing mothers, middle-aged persons, and also to persons suffering from hyperirritability, insomnia, hypertension and atherosclerosis, organic cardiovascular diseases, glaucoma.” Texto completo Ruso Página web www.kaznachey.com