date:Jun 08, 2016
ffeine is an approved food additive for conventional foods, the extreme levels of caffeine in these products may form the basis for challenge the additive should FDA choose to do so. On the other hand, a dietary supplement can include any ingredient, unless FDA conducts vigorous scientific testing to establish the supplement as unsafe. Thus, extreme levels of caffeine are allowed in dietary supplements unless affirmatively proven as unsafe.
In August 2013, FDA asked the Institute of Medicine (I