The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has issued an extraordinary gazette prohibiting the importing, manufacturing, storing, and distribution or displaying for sale of any hand sanitizer unless it is registered with the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA).
The gazette, signed by CAA Chairman Maj. General Shantha Dissanayake stated that the NMRA registration number should be displayed in a conspicuous place of the pack or container of such hand sanitizer.
Action against violators will be taken under the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 09 of 2003.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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