Displaying weight, price of a loaf of bread made mandatory

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Colombo, Feb. 2 (Daily Mirror)- The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has taken steps to issue an extraordinary gazette notification, making it mandatory for sellers to display the proper weight and price for bread, which is a bakery-related product.

The gazette was issued according to its chairman, Shantha Niriella and the announcement is for the safety of the consumers.

According to the gazette, it has been made mandatory for those engaged in the preparation, packaging, storage and wholesale as well as retailing bread to ensure that the weight of the bread displayed for sale contains the specified weight and to clearly display the weight of the bread displayed for sale.

The standard weight of a loaf of bread is 450 grams and the standard weight of a half loaf of bread is 225 grams.

Comments - 5

Palitha Friday, 02 February 2024 11:23 AM

This will be a sigh of relief for the hapless consumer public. SL is perhaps the most corrupt country in weighing standards.

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Sokrates Friday, 02 February 2024 12:11 PM

It's time to change the old English weights. So breads with 250g, 500g, 750g and 1kg weight.

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DOT Friday, 02 February 2024 12:51 PM

A good move ! We see a "pound of bread " @ any weight !

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Neville Friday, 02 February 2024 01:30 PM

Now I am scared again, will this make the way to increase the bread price?

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VJ Saturday, 03 February 2024 01:35 PM

Bread packaged, weighed and price marked? And that too in this country like no other? Impossible.

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