Pakistan, Jan. 2 -- Deadline to remove stock from the market has expired, manufacturer and distributors of energy drinks will be impounded by the Punjab Food Authority.

After banning the sale of energy drinks in April 2018, the PFA had asked manufacturers as well as distributors to remove their stocks form the market before December 31, 2018.

The authority had also directed the beverage companies not to print the word "energy" on their products. Besides this, the body had also imposed a ban on declaring beverages which contain pharmaceutical ingredients as energy drinks.

As the deadline expired, a massive crackdown was launched against the sale of energy drinks.

Director General of the food monitoring authority, Muhammad Usman ordered...