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Color Code System To Be Introduced For Sweet Products Including Biscuits From 02 nd Of April

Ministry of Health has decided to introduce Color code system known as Traffic Light system for Biscuit and all sweet products to indicate sugar,fat and salt content of the products with effect from 02nd of April.

Addressing a press briefing held at Information Department in Narahenpita this morning (17)Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has stressed that this Color code system will be introduced to sweet products to reduce the growing number of people suffering from Non communicable diseases including diabetes.

Accordingly solid and half solid sweet priducts including  Biscuits Manufacturers and Distributers should be indicated the sugar,fat and salt contents  on their wrappers  in sinhala ,English and Tamil languages.Red code will be displayed if the sugar ,fat and salt contents in sweet products are  higher (eg-more thsn 22 grammes of suger per 100 grammes),Yellow code will be displayed to show medium content levels and Green color for low content levels .

Around 80,000 metric tonnnes of Biscuit products are being released to the local market by Biscuit Companies annually and local Biscuit Manufactuerers have exported  their Biscuit products to 55 countries it has been revealed.

Sweet Manufacturers have agreed to implememt color  code system in their products  after discussions held with Health Ministry Officials during last two years

A 17 Year Old Teenager Had Been Killed Due To Motorcycle Collision

A 17 year old teennager had been killed

and two others had been injured and hospitalized after two high speed  Motorcycles they were riding in colliding with  each other at weerapokuna,Bingiriya area  last evening  (15).

The injured had been admitted to Chilaw Base Hospital for treatment .

The deceased was a resident of Weerapokuna area.

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2496 Persons Had Been Arrested Regarding Dangerous Narcotics/Illicit Liqour And Various Crimes During An Islandwide Raid

Around 2646 persons had been arrested related to dangerous narcotics and Illicit liqour during

a special Island wide raid carried out from 6 a.m to 9 p.m yesterday (15).

During the raid carried out under the instructions of Inspector General Of Police (IGP0 Pujitha Jayasundara ,1790 arrests were made regarding the dangerous narcotics and illicit liqour and 623 persons had been arrested with firearms without licences it has been revealed.

According to the Police Media Spokesman's office around 101 arrests were made regarding various crimes .13,186 Police officers had been involved in these raids the office has stressed.

Three Injured And Hospitalized After Colliding With UPFA MP'S Cab

Three members of a same family including a Mother,Father and their one and half year old

child had been injured and hospitalized after the Motorcycle they were riding in colliding with a Cab carrying United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) MP Kader Masthan at Malkumbugollawa ,Madawachchiya on A-9 main Road this morning(16).

The injured had been admitted to Vavuniya Hospital for treatment ..The incident occurred when the Cab carrying the UPFA MP was  travelling  to Vavuniya from Colombo .It collided with the Motorcycle attempting to enter main road from a sub road it has been revealed.