Following a public alert circulated on social media regarding the marketing of a low-cost energy drink potentially accessible to children, on Sunday, May 17, 2026, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Handicrafts, through its Directorate of Metrology, Fraud Prevention, and Quality Control (DMRFCQ), conducted inspections that led to the firm suspension and withdrawal of the product from the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investigations carried out by the relevant authorities identified the offending beverage, marketed under the name \u201cGalaxy Energy,\u201d as well as its manufacturer. In accordance with current regulations, the Ministry has ordered the immediate suspension of production, the recall of the product from the entire distribution network, and the seizure and destruction of non-compliant stock throughout the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry specifies that the company in question had already voluntarily suspended production on May 1, 2026, pending compliance, following previous enhanced control measures implemented against similar operators last February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through this action, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Handicrafts reaffirms its commitment to ensuring consumer health and safety and to firmly combating any commercial practices that could compromise public health, particularly that of the most vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry also urges consumers to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious or non-compliant products via the toll-free number 1343, which has been established to strengthen public awareness and promote the sustainable improvement of the national market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Following a public alert circulated on social media regarding the marketing of a low-cost energy drink potentially accessible to children, on Sunday, May 17, 2026, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Handicrafts, through its Directorate of Metrology, Fraud Prevention, and Quality Control (DMRFCQ), conducted inspections that led to the firm suspension and withdrawal of the product from the market. The investigations carried out by the relevant authorities identified the offending beverage, marketed under the name \u201cGalaxy Energy,\u201d as well as its manufacturer. In accordance with current regulations, the Ministry has ordered the immediate suspension of production, the recall of the product from the entire distribution network, and the seizure and destruction of non-compliant stock throughout the country. The Ministry specifies that the company in question had already voluntarily suspended production on May 1, 2026, pending compliance, following previous enhanced control measures implemented against similar operators last February. Through this action, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Handicrafts reaffirms its commitment to ensuring consumer health and safety and to firmly combating any commercial practices that could compromise public health, particularly that of the most vulnerable populations. The Ministry also urges consumers to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious or non-compliant products via the toll-free number 1343, which has been established to strengthen public awareness and promote the sustainable improvement of the national market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gucecotedivoire.ci\/pwic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gucecotedivoire.ci\/pwic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gucecotedivoire.ci\/pwic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gucecotedivoire.ci\/pwic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gucecotedivoire.ci\/pwic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gucecotedivoire.ci\/pwic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10964,"href":"https:\/\/www.gucecotedivoire.ci\/pwic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538\/revisions\/10964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gucecotedivoire.ci\/pwic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gucecotedivoire.ci\/pwic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gucecotedivoire.ci\/pwic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gucecotedivoire.ci\/pwic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}