On July 31, 1997, the Center for Science and the Public Interest proposed to politicians in Washington as well as to the Food and Drug Administration, a new policy surrounding the topic of caffeine levels in foods and beverages.  The organization called for all products that contain caffeine, such as coffee drinks, to be required to exhibit a surgeon general's warning due to the adverse health effects surrounding the consumption of caffeine. This is the best policy in dealing with the social problem of increasing negative health concerns among society's members due to the excessive consumption of coffee because it is not too extreme yet does not ignore the threats of caffeine.  It gives individuals more knowledge of the harms that caffeine can cause the body and allows a person to decide appropriate levels of intake without completely banning consumption of coffee beverages.  A ban would not be plausible due to economic as well as free choice factors.  By including a warning on coffee beverages, members of society will not as easily brush aside the information regarding the detrimental effects of coffee to human health.  The proposal would additionally be able to break down the preconceived ideas that coffee is beneficial to an individual's health and does not have to be limited.  The Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud is another organization that appealed to the FDA for a warning to be placed on products with caffeine due to the potential dangerous effects of caffeine on pregnant women.  One source that might challenge this proposal is the FDA themselves and the fact that in 1958, it labeled and classified caffeine as Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS).  Since this time, the FDA claims that caffeine has been used in many foods and beverages safely and a warning would be unnecessary.  Additionally, the World Health Organization is another group that believes that there is no strong medical evidence to conclude that there are significant health consequences involved with caffeine intake and would be in opposition to this policy set forth by the CSPI.