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• Michael Taylor, FDA's deputy commissioner of foods, said Monday that the only time FDA explicitly approved the added use of caffeine in a food or drink was in the 1950s for colas. The current proliferation of caffeine added to foods is "beyond anything FDA envisioned," Taylor said. • ___
Israel carries out first deadly airstrike in Gaza since November truce; 1 Palestinian killed
• GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- An Israeli aircraft attacked a motorcyclist in Gaza on Tuesday, killing the rider and wounding two other people in the first deadly airstrike in the Palestinian territory since a truce was reached with Palestinian militants last November. • The Israeli military said the airstrike killed Haitham Mishal, whom it identified as a jihadi militant involved in the April 17 rocket attack on the southern Israeli resort town of Eilat. • But Ashraf al-Kidra, Gaza's Health Ministry spokesman, said Mishal was a Palestinian police officer.
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