CAA issues gazette setting maximum retail prices for bottled water

By CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) issued a special gazette notification enforcing maximum retail prices for PET bottled drinking water, effective from April 1.
The revised pricing is as follows:
500ml to 999ml PET bottles – Rs. 70
1 litre to 1.499 litres – Rs. 100
1.5 litres to 1.999 litres – Rs. 130
2 litres to 2.499 litres – Rs. 160
5 litres to 6.999 litres – Rs. 350
The CAA has strictly warned that manufacturers, packagers, traders and distributors must not sell bottled water exceeding these regulated prices.