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Friday 22 September 2017
Mormon-owned BYU ends ban on caffeinated soda

By BRADY McCOMBS it being the “best day ever.
Associated Press “I absolutely love it. It’s
PROVO, Utah (AP) — been a big game chang-
Mormon church-owned er, even just day one,” said
Brigham Young University Mckay Murphy, a junior
ended a six-decade ban statistics major from Spring-
Thursday on the sale of ville, Utah. “I’m a really big
caffeinated soft drinks on fan of caffeine and just
campus, surprising students soda in general so it’s nice
by posting a picture of a to have it on campus with
can of Coca-Cola on Twit- easy access.”
ter and just two words: “It’s Caffeinated soft drinks will
happening.” also be sold at sporting
The move sparked social events that draw tens of
media celebrations from thousands of fans. Sales of
current and former stu- highly caffeinated energy
dents, with many recall- drinks are still banned.
ing how they had hauled The Utah-based Mormon
their own 2-liter bottles of religion directs its nearly 16
caffeinated sodas in their million worldwide members
backpacks to keep awake to avoid alcohol and hot
for long study sessions. beverages such as coffee
The university never Students get caffeinated soft drinks on campus at Brigham Young University on Thursday, Sept. and tea as part of an 1833
banned having caffein- 21, 2017. According to an online statement from Dean Wright, director of Dining Services, some revelation from Mormon
ated drinks on campus, locations on campus have started serving caffeinated beverages and it will be offered at sporting founder Joseph Smith.
but held firm to the ban events. (Sammy Jo Hester/The Daily Herald via AP) Alumni applauded a
on sales even when The change many said was
Church of Jesus Christ of long overdue.
Latter-Day Saints in 2012 Utah, said Thursday that in- their sleep-deprived brains. erages — because it’s not “I drank a lot of caffeinat-
clarified that church health creasing demand prompt- “It’s about time,” said Sara against our religion — it’s ed beverages while I was
practices do not prevent ed the change. McLaws, a junior advertis- high time.” here but none of them was
members from drinking Students were abuzz about ing and graphic design As cafeteria workers purchased on campus,”
caffeinated soft drinks. a change that meant major from Park City, Utah. stocked refrigerators in said Christopher Jones, 34,
The ban has been in place they’ll no longer have to “BYU is a great school but the student center food a visiting BYU history profes-
since the mid-1950s. But make off-campus runs to it’s behind in some ways. court with caffeinated Diet sor and former student. “I
officials with the school of load up on their favorite Just the small change of Coke, Coca-Cola and Mr. never thought I would see
33,000 students in Provo, caffeinated sodas to jolt allowing caffeinated bev- Pibb, students joked about the day so it’s exciting.”q
Consumer packaging group to

reduce confusing food labels

NEW YORK (AP) — “Sell the charge, said Wednes-
by?” ‘’Display Until?” day companies would
‘’Best Before?”These food have the choice of one
date labels intend to of two labels. One, which
help shoppers figure out highlights “Use by,” would
what to throw away, but be an expiration date for
they’re also mixed up with perishable items. The other
deadlines for retailers as label — “Best if Used by”
well. That causes con- — would apply to non-
fusion among shoppers perishable items like a can
who can’t figure out what of soup, though the exact
they all mean on a can of wording will be tailored by
beans or a bag of pasta. region.“The confusion will
As a result, shoppers dis- always end up with that
card food that is either safe particular food in the trash,”
or usable after the date said Ignacio Gavilan, sus-
to the tune of $29 billion a tainability director of the
year in the U.S. alone.Now, Consumer Goods Forum.
some of the biggest con- He noted that the goal is
sumer goods companies to have the labels like “Dis-
including Walmart, Nestle, play Until” that are meant
Campbell Soup Co., Kel- for retailers appear instead
logg Co. and Unilever, in barcodes.Dave Stangis,
have agreed to streamline vice president of corporate
them by 2020. There are at responsibility and chief sus-
least 10 different date la- tainability officer at Camp-
bels on packages. bell Soup, said that simplify-
The Consumer Goods Fo- ing food date labeling will
rum, a Paris-based network reduce shoppers’ doubt
of 400 companies across about what to throw away.
70 countries that is leading q