[Taxacom] Palcohol?

[Neal Evenhuis]

Seem legit. But there might problems getting it on shelves for sale
(liability insurance $$ being just one). See here:

http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/alcohol-beverages-generally/powdered-alcohol

California already has regulations in place for powdered distilled
beverages.

-Neal

On Stardate 4/21/14 9:56 AM, "Michael A. Ivie" <mivie at montana.edu> wrote:

>OK, something that might not be as interesting as debates about lizard
>descriptions, broken legs on misidentified specimens or
>painbiogeography, but could be important to those flying to collecting
>sites. Does anyone know anything about the newly FDA approved power
>"Palcohol?"  It can be mixed with water to obtain ethanol.  I strongly
>suspect this was an April Fool's joke, but cannot debunk it. The
>Guardian ran a story, so I am tending to believe it may be true?
>
>This could be a great thing is formulated specifically for scientific
>collecting?  Someone out there must be out front on this?
>
>  http://www.palcohol.com/home.html
>
>Mike
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