PHI's Removing A Stock Of Imported Canned Fish Belongs To 12 Batches From The Market As Tests Proves They Are Contained Worms

Public Health Inspectors(PHI's) are currently engaging in removing stocks belonging to 12 batches of Canned Fish imported from China,from the local market after found theses stocks contains worms and not suitable for human consumption.

The tests carried out by the Food Control Unit of the Health Ministry have revealed that the samples taken from the stocks belonging to 12 batches at the market and in the Airport contains worms.

Due to this situation Airport Customs have decided not to release the Canned fish stocks under the custody of them to the six local companies who have imported the stocks from China.

Accordingly around 74 cartons  contains these Canned fish which are under supervision  had been  stucked at Airport Customs  .

Meanwhile PHI's have already removed thousands of Canned fish tins from the local market after revealing the presense of worms  in samples of them .

According to the president of the Sri Lanka PHI Union Upul Rohana,The companies who have imported these canned fish are attempting to get the stocks that are in custody of the customs to be released .

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A 26 Year Old Person Was Arrested With Two Gold Biscuits

A 26 year old person was arrested by

the Airport customs officers this morning(29)while attempting to smuggle two Gold Biscuits weighing 200 Grammes illegally to the country at Katunayake International Airport.

The suspect who is a resident of Colombo arrived at the Katunayake Airport in  a Emirates Flight from Singapore.He was arrested by the Customs while walking in Green Chanel to depart from the Airport.

The two Gold Biscuits hidden in the suspect's cloths had been recovered during the checking.The estimated value of the Gold Biscuits is around Rs.1
36 million according to the customs.

Most Popular Vitamin And Mineral Supplements Not Provide Any Health Benefit,But Can Increasing The Risk Of Death-A Study Reveals

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Railway Technical.Services Personal To Launch A 48 Hour Strike From This Evening

The Technical services personal are due

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to launch a 48 hour  island wide strike from 4 p.m. this evening demanding solutions for three of their service demands including increasing their salaries according to the Railway Technical Services Trade Union Committee.

Although there may be delays of Trains as a result of the Strike,Train Drives have stated that they will not allow the Teain services to be paralyzed due to the strike.

Former State Minister T.B Ekanayake Was Questioned Over Misusing Of State Vehicles During Previous Government

The former State Minister of Lands of

the Current government had been questioned more than four hours by the officers of Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) yesterday(28) over the  misusing  of state vehicles when he was the Minister of Cultural Affairs in previous government.

The former State Minister Ekanayake had arrived at the FCID Headquarters in Colombo last morning to give a statement regarding the allegations leveled against them.

He was accompanied to the FCID by some of the Joint Opposition MP's who are being faced similar corruption charges including Mahindananda Aluthgamage and Bandula Gunawardana and some former Sri Lanka Freedom Party  Ministers who had left the National government recently.

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