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Raids to detect low-weight bread will only yield futile results: Bakery Owners
Without providing solutions to the bakery industry, it is absurd conducting raids to detect low-weight bread, All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association (ACBOA) President N.K. Jayawardena said.
He told the Daily Mirror that the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) had begun raiding bakeries to determine whether the bakeries stick to the norms of conforming the 450g standard.
He said around 70 bakeries have been raided to check weight issues and had taken legal action against them.
Therefore, we ask the bakery owners to bake the bread weighing 450g and sell it to cover their costs. There is no price control mechanism for bread and the bakery owners decide the selling price on their own.
While conducting these kinds of raids do not bring any solutions to this industry, CAA officials have to conduct raids continually for months, even they raid 100 bakeries per day.
Raided bakeries will continue with the same practice to pay their fines, otherwise, there is no way of selling bakery products with the higher cost of ingredients, including wheat flour, he charged. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)
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