Dragon Energy Drink Stays On The Shelves

Dragon Energy Drink
Dragon Energy Drink

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has indicated that the Dragon energy drink will not be removed from the shelves as Botswana does not have fortification regulations. Other countries have been removing the Dragon energy drink from the shelves after realising it has additional harmful ingredients.

MoH Chief Public Relations Officer, Doreen Motshegwa, has said the ministry is not removing Dragon energy drink because they have procedures to find out if a product, at any point in time, is hazardous to human health. 

“Products have to be tested to ensure that they are safe. We have testing facilities that are usually used in situations like this, therefore it would not be right to stop or detain products without concrete proof that they are indeed harmful.”

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