Banned: Myanmar Horn & Shake in Manipur

The KYU has strictly warned all shopkeepers and wholesalers in the town that appropriate action will be initiated if found selling the banned energy drinks

The Kangpokpi Youth Union (KYU) has imposed a complete ban on Myanmar-made energy drinks including Horn and Shake, whether original or duplicate, in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district headquarters from today (April 10) until further notice after many of the cans were found with double labels.

The Kangpokpi Youth Union on Monday conducted a drive and seized all the double-labelled energy drinks from Myanmar while asking the wholesalers to return them to the suppliers.

The KYU has also strictly warned all shopkeepers and wholesalers in the town that appropriate action will 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 were not aware of the double labelling of the products.

However, the shopkeepers assured the youth union that they would return the energy drinks to the suppliers and would not sell it anymore.

Similarly, the Saikul Hill Town Committee and Saikul Hill Town Youth Club also conducted a drive in Saikul bazar in Kangpokpi district and found similar double-labelled Myanmar-made energy drinks being widely sold in the market. They too have imposed a ban on the sale of the energy drinks.

The Myanmar-made energy drinks, Horn and Shake are very popular and widely sold in the markets of Manipur.

The energy drinks are manufactured by Myanmar Consumers Beverages Limited in Yangon. The Horn energy drink has a deep green cover, while Shake has two colors, blue and gold.

The people are concerned as the blue coloured Shake energy drink, a grape flavoured drink, has been double labelled with the labelling used for Horn energy drink and is being sold in the market as Horn instead of and gold coloured Shake energy drink.

The ingredients or components of all three energy drinks are the same with the percentage of the ingredients having a slide difference. The Horn energy drinks are sold at Rs. 60/70 and Shake energy drinks are sold at Rs. 50/- in the market.

The original label of the energy drinks like Horn and Shake cannot be peeled off or removed as it is printed on the thin aluminium cover. However, the duplicate one which is coated with a printed plastic cover can be peeled off or removed easily.

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