The first containers filled with contaminated coconut oil were handed over to the Colombo Port yesterday for reshipment to Malaysia.
The four containers filled with coconut oil containing higher than permitted levels of cancer causing aflatoxins had been imported by a company based in Katana. It is among four such importers that had imported the contaminated coconut oil stocks to the country.
The containers of the company were stationed at the SAGT Terminal at the Colombo Port under the supervision of Customs officials.
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The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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