Myanmar-made energy drinks banned in Kangpokpi
Source: Chronicle News Service
Kangpokpi, April 10 2023:
Kangpokpi Youth Union has banned Myan-mar-made energy drinks in Kangpokpi town after cans lids of some of the beverages were found double coated.
Similarly, Saikul Hill Town Committee and Saikul Hill Town Youth Club have also banned Myanmar-made energy drinks in the town.
The energy drinks 'Horn' and 'Shake' are very popular and widely sold in the market.
However, the two drinks with double-coated covers were recently found sold in the market.
The ener gy drinks in question are manufactured by Myanmar Consumers Beverages Limited in Yangon.
The Horn energy drink can has a deep green cover while the Shake one comes in blue and gold colours.
What concerns the people is the blue-colour Shake energy drink which is double coated with a Horn and a gold-colour Shake cover, which means the blue-colour Shake has been turned into Horn and gold-colour Shake and sold as Horn or gold-colour Shake.
The ingredients printed on the labels of all three energy drinks are all similar.
While a Horn energy drink is sold at Rs 60/70, a Shake energy drink is sold at Rs 50 in the market.
The words inscribed on the lids of both Horn and Shake drinks cannot be removed as they are printed on thin aluminium.
However, the duplicate one's can be removed.
The Kangpokpi Youth Union conducted a drive on Monday and seized all the double-coated lids of the energy drinks from Myanmar and asked the whole-salers to return them to the suppliers.
The KYU declared a complete ban on selling all Myanmar-made energy drinks, whether original or duplicate, in Kangpokpi district headquarters from Monday (April 10) until further notice.
It also warned of appropriate action against shops found selling the 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.
After 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.