Editing Red Bull (section)

==Regulatory approval and legal status==
Authorities in France, Denmark, and Norway initially did not permit the sale of Red Bull.<ref name="2004CourtRuling">{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/European-court-backs-ban-on-red-bull-over-health-concerns-68019.html|title=European court backs ban on Red Bull over health concerns|date=7 February 2004|last=Frith|first=Maxine|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=22 November 2010|location=London|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402200408/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/european-court-backs-ban-on-red-bull-over-health-concerns-68019.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, {{as of|2021|lc=y}}, it is on sale in all 27 [[member states of the European Union]] and in 171 countries around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 July 2018|title=What are the animals seen on cans of the Red Bull energy drink?|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2156996/red-bull-story-how-worlds-top-energy-drink-began-thailand-it|access-date=2021-10-04|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-date=11 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311115411/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2156996/red-bull-story-how-worlds-top-energy-drink-began-thailand-it|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Red Bull Company Profile|url=https://fortune.com/company/red-bull/|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Fortune|language=en|archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004174600/https://fortune.com/company/red-bull/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The French food safety agency was concerned about [[taurine]]; a Red Bull drink that did not contain taurine was introduced. The French refusal of market approval was challenged by the European Commission, and partially upheld by the [[European Court of Justice]] in 2004.<ref name="2004CourtRuling" /> The French food safety agency relented in 2008, because it was unable to prove a definite health risk, taurine-related or not.<ref name="FranceBanEnd">{{Cite news|title=France ends 12-year ban on energy drink Red Bull|location=Paris|work=[[Reuters]]|date=15 July 2008|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1576964720080715|access-date=22 November 2010|archive-date=10 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510044932/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1576964720080715|url-status=live}}</ref>