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New controls for energy drinks
2010/10/10
Yemen Standardization, Metrology and Quality
Control issued a new regulation
for controls the production , import and trading of
non-alcoholic energy drinks ,which includes in its article 2 number of points and
the most important one was the obligating by the production, processing and
product packaging.
According to the standard of Yemen in terms of
compliance with those Product specification and the
absence of any material that violates the rules of Islamic law and didn’t
circulated them until subjecting them to registration and the corresponding
procedures of YSMO ,and to prevent mixing those drinks with counterparts from
other beverages in places of direct sales
(canteens, markets ... etc.) in which the relative bodies are concerned to
tighten the observation procedures.
The regulations also tightened on producers and importers of energy drinks
not to mention any statements shaded to the consumer (such as tonic,
nourishing, magic ... etc) or show the product as a higher quality and wider
interest, and that all the information of the content of the product and the
risks of misuse should the be written in the label and clarify the warning
words .
In addition to clarification of the amounts allowed for
materials used in manufacturing , energy drink, of as well as the validity
period of drinks in the different package
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Engineer / Ahmed Ahmed
Al.Besha, General director of YSMO calls
all producers and importers of energy drinks to adhere to the regulations , which will be announced and posted on the YSMO
website to avoid legal action against
offenders, and he said that all consumers should investigate when buying and
make sure that all the information are on the Product label and cooperation
with the concerned authorities by reporting the existence of any violations,
emphasising at the same time that he will take strict measures, including
stopping the entry of any drinks imported from the port and drag and forfeiture
of any amounts in the markets and the traders and importers should obligate by
the obligations and the issued standards within a period not more than 3 months
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