The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) destroyed over 4.5 metric tons of expired dried fish and dates seized from three business premises in Wattala & Hendala, following successful prosecutions at the Welisara Magistrate’s Court.
Details of Stocks Destroyed (08.09.2025): as follows
Expired dates – 3.6 metric tons
Expired sprats – 1 metric ton
Expired dried sprats – 300 kg
Fines amounting to Rs. 55,000 in total were imposed on the traders on 27.08.2025 under the Consumer Affairs Authority Act No. 9 of 2003, for violating Order No. 52 of Gazette Extraordinary 1875/38 (15.08.2014).
The CAA reminds all traders that Storing expired or unfit products with other goods for sale is a punishable offence, Protect consumers and trade responsibly.
