Alcoholic milk product Moo Joose has been banned from sale in the Northern Territory. Licensing Minister Syd Stirling said the drink was particularly attractive to under-age drinkers, and has ordered the Northern Territory Licensing Commission to ban it. He said the marketing of such products by liquor companies was irresponsible, and there was no doubt young people were encouraged to take up drinking.

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