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Raids to locate US-imported apples in Sri Lanka

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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.  

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