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A food dis­tri­b­u­tion com­pa­ny has won its law­suit over be­ing pro­hib­it­ed from sell­ing its ship­ment of en­er­gy drinks im­port­ed from Viet­nam.

In a judg­ment de­liv­ered yes­ter­day morn­ing, High Court Judge Frank Seep­er­sad up­held Cou­va-based Rollin Mar­ket­ing Com­pa­ny’s ju­di­cial re­view law­suit against Farz Khan, the Chief Chemist/Di­rec­tor of Food and Drugs, of the Min­istry of Health’s Chem­istry, Food and Drugs Di­vi­sion.

In the com­pa­ny’s court fil­ings, ob­tained by Guardian Me­dia, its man­ag­ing di­rec­tor Naren Ma­hadeosingh claimed that on Jan­u­ary 20, last year, the com­pa­ny re­ceived a con­sign­ment of 1900 cas­es of Sting En­er­gy Drink af­ter it paid $44,686.23 in du­ties.