Blackmailer threatens to pollute Red Bull energy drink with poop
VIENNA (AP) - Energy drink producer Red Bull says it is being blackmailed, with the perpetrators threatening to place cans of its product contaminated with feces on supermarket shelves.
The company says the threats started several weeks ago. But Marcus Neher of the Salzburg Public Prosecutor's office said Friday that "up to now there has only been a claim of contamination," and the company also says that supermarket checks have shown no signs that the product was tampered with.
The company sells its energy drink worldwide. In a statement, it says it is "cooperating closely" with police but offers no details on the perpetrators' demands.
There was also no information on the location of the stores named by the blackmailers.
The company says the threats started several weeks ago. But Marcus Neher of the Salzburg Public Prosecutor's office said Friday that "up to now there has only been a claim of contamination," and the company also says that supermarket checks have shown no signs that the product was tampered with.
The company sells its energy drink worldwide. In a statement, it says it is "cooperating closely" with police but offers no details on the perpetrators' demands.
There was also no information on the location of the stores named by the blackmailers.
One small red bull gets me through a heavy leg workout. tastes like shhht anyway so go for it.
So it's now to be called red bull ship??
Too late, I tasted it once, it tasted like I would expect poop to taste like.
What a crappy story
One hopes this would be phase 1 of an ongoing taste improvement project.
Yeah, this week would not have been complete without a "poopy" story
The taurine (read: bull testostorone; I'm not joking, look it up) in Red Bull and most other energy drinks is ridiculously bad for your heart. I'm a healthy twenty something and it's the only thing that has ever given me an irregular heartbeat. Avoid.
@James Gnau I looked it up, as you suggested, it isn't bull testostorone. It's an amino acid that is present in bile, and can be found in your own large intestine. The stuff they use in Red Bull is created synthetically.
@JTesla That's interesting, I suppose I was misinformed, thanks for the correction. I still can't argue with the heart palpitations drinking Red Bull caused. It's vile stuff.
@Dr. Rawdog @James Gnau @JTesla But doc a red bull enema is just wrong .....Â
@JTesla Ha, yeah I tend to stick to Mountain Dew, though of course there is this controversy over its brominated vegetable oil. I guess no one can have any fun these days without making their body toxic.
@James Gnau On that we can agree, and I down more caffeinated pop than most people, but I won't touch Red Bull. It throws me off.
@James Gnau That's kind of the opposite of what the Taurine Wiki says so I guess it depends on what sources you wish to believe.
It already tastes like poop! Â Oh!
@negativerep Add vodka to it.
probably some stupid kid.