Malawi and Mozambique in soft drink row – BBC

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Malawi and Mozambique in soft drink row – BBC

7:02 CAT | 04 Nov 2016

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Mozambique’s health authorities say they will carry out tests on a locally produced soft drink, Frozy, after neighbouring Malawi banned it over “high levels of citric acid”.

In a statement on its Facebook page, Malawi’s Bureau of Standards also complained that Portuguese is used on the labels, contravening its rules.

The producer of Frozy in Mozambique has denied that there is a problem with the drink, reports the BBC’s Jose Tembe from the capital, Maputo.

But there may be more to this than a row over citric acid, our Malawian colleague Joab Chakhaza says.

He adds that most people in Malawi think this is about a trade war.

Frozy has only recently starting appearing on Malawian supermarket shelves, but has become popular very quickly as it is being sold more cheaply than the locally produced soft drinks.

Source: BBC