Outdated drink bottles seized

Asela Kuruluwansa

Officers of the Consumer Affairs Authority’s, Nuwara Eliya branch, raided two wholesale shops in Hatton and seized 50 bottles of outdated fruit juice kept for sale.

A spokesman for the Unit said the outdated bottles were mixed with bottles of fruit juice, which had a shelf life of about three more months and packed in cardboard boxes to be dispatched to retail shops in Nallathanny and its outskirts for sale to Sri Pada pilgrims.

Nuwara Eliya District Secretary, D P G Kumarasiri said there was a big demand for fruit juice and other beverages from Sri Pada pilgrims specially at night and traders could easily pass off outdated bottles of juice to unsuspecting customers who would not bother to look into the expiry date in their hurry to quench their thirst.