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Rice not boiled but set ablaze
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Rice has been part of Sri Lanka’s civilization for thousands of years and our plate of rice still carries a degree of sanctity. Therefore it was shocking , if not sacrilegeous, to see how Consumer Protection Authority officials set ablaze more than 2,400 kilos of rice in Polonnaruwa. This came after a court ordered the destruction of this stock of rice because it was not fit for consumption. The trader had used dye to sell white rice as red Nadu. Pic by Gamini Obeysekera