Production And Selling Of Tea In Two Ratnapura Based Tea Factories Have Been Banned Due To Adding Sugar To Tea

Sri Lanka Tea Board has banned the production and

selling of Tea in two Tea Factories at Ratnapura after confirming that those Factories added sugar to Tea during the production process according to the Tea Board.

Tea Board has taken steps to test Tea samples of 82 other Tea Factories in the island to find out whether those factories also adding Sugar to Tea during the production process the Board has stressed.

Tea tasters are currently checking the Tea samples of those factories it has been revealed.