Cement collected for sample tests

Irangika RANGE

Co-operatives and Internal Trade Minister Jhonston Fernando yesterday directed Consumer Affairs Authority's (CAA) chairman Rumi Marzook to collect samples of all brands of cement available in the local market and send them to internal independent laboratories to ascertain whether their standards are upto the mark.

CAA officers will collect samples of all brands of cement imported or locally manufactured available in the market across the country.

These samples will be sent to overseas labs to check their quality to verify if all brands of cement in the local market are of international standard.