The Consumer Affairs Authority has seized 47 tons of expired sprats imported from Dubai.
Sleuths of the Consumer Affairs Authority were able to detect this stock of expired sprats during a raid conducted this afternoon.
The value of the expired sprats concealed in a storage facility at Elakanda in Wattala exceeds 30 million rupees. Information had been received that these sprats were being sold after mixing with quality sprats purchased from Pettah. The Consumer Affairs Authority said that about 2500 kilograms of sprats had already been released to the market. The person who had been operating this storage facility is due to be produced before the Wattala Magistrate on Friday.
In the meantime, a special operation in search of traders selling substandard underweight bread targeting the Galle District was launched today.
The operation was launched by the Galle branch of the Weights Unit, Standard and Service Department.
Several traders selling underweight bread and bakery owners producing underweight bread were nabbed during the operation.
Legal action was also being taken against traders using weight and measures sans the stipulated standards.
Such operations are planned to apprehend those who are engaged in malpractices duping the consumers.
Post a Comment