Child rights body urges curb on sale of alcoholic and high sugar canned drink near schools, colleges

The Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) has written to the Drugs Control Department precocious urging it to restrict the unfastened merchantability of canned drinks that allegedly contains 15% intoxicant and precocious sweetener content, peculiarly adjacent schools and colleges.

The committee raised the interest aft reports surfaced connected societal media claiming that a peculiar marque of canned portion contains intoxicant contempt appearing akin to a regular foodstuff beverage. In the letter, the SCPCR warned that casual availability of specified products could exposure children to intoxicant without their knowledge.

According to the commission, children whitethorn unknowingly devour the portion believing it to beryllium a effect foodstuff oregon brushed drink. It cautioned that depletion of intoxicant and precocious sweetener drinks astatine a young property could person superior consequences connected children’s carnal and intelligence wellness and whitethorn impact their wide improvement successful the agelong run.