Three Chinese food businesses fined Rs. 444,000
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1 min readFrom 2 outlets- Daily Mirror and Newswire report that the total fine was Rs. 444,000.
- Newswire reports that two restaurants received combined fines of Rs. 360,000 over 120 charges.
- Newswire reports that an ice cream company received an Rs. 84,000 fine over 28 charges.
- Newswire says inspectors found improperly labelled imported food and expired products, and testing found ice cream below required standards.
Daily Mirror and Newswire report that three Chinese food businesses operating in Colombo were fined a combined Rs. 444,000 over 148 food safety violations. Newswire says the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court imposed the fines on Friday (13), after legal action arising from inspections by public health inspectors attached to the Colombo Municipal Council.
Newswire reports that two restaurants inside a shopping mall were fined a combined Rs. 360,000 over 120 charges. Inspectors reportedly found imported food products being sold or used without proper labels and stocks of expired food.
Newswire reports that a Chinese ice cream company was fined Rs. 84,000 over 28 charges after admitting guilt. The charges included selling ice cream that did not meet required quality standards; inspectors had collected samples for testing by the council’s City Analyst, whose tests found the samples failed to comply with standards.
Newswire says the businesses and shopping mall were not identified in the information it received.
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