Energy drinks imported from Myanmar banned at Kangpokpi
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, April 10 2023:
The Kangpokpi Youth Union (KYU) has banned Myanmar-made energy drinks in Kangpokpi town after some of the energy drinks' covers were found double coated.
Similarly, the Saikul Hill Town Committee and the Saikul Hill Town Youth Club have also banned Myanmar-made energy drinks in Saikul Hill town.
The Myanmar-made energy drinks, Horn and Shake are very popular and widely sold in the market.
However, of late, the two energy drinks have been found sold in the market with double coated covers for reasons best known to the manufacturing company or the suppliers.
The Myanmar-made energy drinks are manufactured by Myanmar Consumers Beverages Limited in Yangon.
The Horn energy drink has a deep green cover while Shake has two colours, blue and gold.
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What concerns the people is the blue colour Shake energy drink as it is double coated with a Horn cover or a gold colour Shake cover which means the blue colour Shake has been turned into Horn or gold colour Shake, and sold as Horn or gold colour Shake.
The ingredients or components of all the three energy drinks are the same although the percentage of the ingredients differ slightly.
While Horn energy drink is sold at Rs 60/70, Shake is sold at Rs 50 in the market.
The original covers of both Horn and Shake cannot be peeled out or removed as they are printed on the thin aluminium can.
However, the duplicate ones which are coated with a printed plastic cover can be peeled out or removed.
Therefore, the Kangpokpi Youth Union conducted a drive on Monday and seized all the double-coated energy drinks from Myanmar while asking the wholesalers to return them to the suppliers.
The KYU also declared a complete ban on selling all Myanmar-made energy drinks including Horn and Shake, whether original or duplicate, at Kangpokpi district headquarters from April 10 .
It also strictly warned all shopkeepers and wholesalers in the town that appropriate action would be initiated if they are found selling the banned energy drinks.
The wholesalers of the town said that they procured the energy drinks from Imphal and other suppliers and they were not aware of such things.
However, they assured the youth union to return the energy drinks to the suppliers and not to sell it any more.
The KYU also said that to bring clarity over the issue, it has been decided to ban all the energy drinks from Myanmar, whether original or duplicate, in the town until further notice.
Following the ban on Myanmar-made energy drinks in the district headquarters, Saikul Hill Town Committee and Saikul Hill Town Youth Club also conducted a drive in Saikul Bazar in Kangpokpi district and found similar double-coated Myanmar-made energy drinks widely sold in the market and announced a complete ban on them.