17 August 2024 12:00 am Views - 68
By Ajithlal Shantha Udaya
A factory in the Embilipitiya area that adulterated white sugar with colouring and issued them to the market under the label of brown sugar was sealed during a raid on Thursday evening (15) by a team of investigation officers from Ratnapura District Consumer Affairs Authority office.
Media Spokesman for the CAA said 2,500 empty bags for 50 kilos of brown sugar each, a stock of colouring, equipment and tools used in the process had been seized.
He said that the racket had been going on unchecked for a long time and consignments of fake brown sugar had been distributed to several areas of the country.
Investigations revealed that white sugar costing Rs. 240 a kilo had been sold for Rs.300 a kilo after turning brown. The CAA was to submit a report in this regard to Embilipitiya Magistrate.