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Just as on the menus, the only information provided was the name of the dish. The majority of people polled failed.

Two-thirds answered all four questions wrong.

And not one person got all four questions right.

The results were the same regardless of age, income, education or political party, according to the poll. The poll is part of a campaign by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy to attract support for state Senate Bill 120, which calls for menu labeling as a way of helping consumers fight obesity and its related hea...

Further, the beverage violates product-labeling laws because it doesn’t have “adequate directions for its intended uses.”Cocaine was one of about 500 energy drinks introduced across the world last year, and Hannah and James Kirby, who founded Redux Beverages, wanted to pick a name that stood out from the rest.

The FDA agrees they accomplished their goal.Redux insists its energy drink contains the same ingredients as all the others on the market and that it is not a drug.

All of the marketing for Cocaine was intended to be tongue-in-cheek.

But unlike Juliet, the FDA takes names pretty seriously.

The FDA ordered Redux to notify the agency of its plans to correct the violations of federal law.

If it fails to do so, Redux can face seizure of its products, injunctions and possible criminal prosecution.The Kirbys have apparently seen the error of their ways, and are willing to cooperate with the FDA about how to comply with federal law, and that they have retooled their marketing strategy.Coincidentally, last year James Kirby attempted to trademark the name “cocaine.” An opposition to his application was filed and is now pending at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, according to the U.S.

Patent and Trademark office.

Neither of these drinks sound too refreshing to me — I think I’ll stick with my Mountain Dew...