Red Bull produced in mainland 'safe'

Days after traces of cocaine were detected in a widely popular energy drink, its Beijing-based producer yesterday assured the product was "safe for consumption" on the Chinese mainland.

Zhang Lei, the spokesman of Red Bull Company's Beijing branch, told China Daily: "Our products, which are made on the Chinese mainland, do not contain cocaine and other ingredients banned under the Chinese food safety regulations."

He said the Red Bull energy drink, which is produced in the mainland, has an "independent formula completely different from the one used overseas".