The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has destroyed nearly 6,800 plastic drinking water bottles that were found with a forged logo of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI).
During raids conducted in October last year, the CAA had found a private company in Pugoda manufacturing plastic water bottles using the fake SLSI logo.
Following a case filed against the firm, the court ordered the company and a director as well as a manager of its tax-buying company to be fined Rs. 300,000 each.
The Pugoda Magistrate’s Court recently ordered the destruction of the stock of drinking water bottles with a market value of over Rs. 01 million that had been produced in this way, under the supervision of the court.
On 20 February, water was removed from the seized water bottles and the empty bottles were sent for recycling.
Furthermore, steps have been taken to prosecute the concerned company under two charges for misleading the customer by making a false representation by falsely using the logo of the Sri Lanka Standards Institute. (Newswire)