Public Health Inspectors Union has begun raids of local fruit vendors in order to locate apples imported from the U.S, local media reported. Union Chairman Upul Rohana was quoted by media as saying the raids will be carried out island-wide from today till Jan. 27. The Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine ordered all stocks of apple imported from the U.S. to be sent back to warehouses. The director of environmental and occupational health, and food safety at the Ministry of Health stated that this measure was taken as a safety precaution. He made a request from the general public to refrain from consuming apples imported from the U.S. until further notice.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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.
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