Quality, pricing checked as mobile sales growSalt shortage rumour mongers warnedBy Buddhika SamaraweeraThe Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has commenced conducting frequent raids to inspect whether the goods that are being sold by door-to-door mobile traders meet necessary quality standards and are being sold at the stipulated prices. Due to the travel restrictions that have been presently imposed to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, mobile sales activities are on the rise, and the CAA’s regional offices are currently working on looking into the mobile sales activities islandwide. “The CAA is conducting raids to investigate whether such traders are working in a way that is unfair to the consumers, and we are also constantly looking at the quality of the products that they sell,” CAA Raids Division Director Asela Bandara told The Morning, when contacted. Accordingly, the regional offices of the CAA have taken steps to conduct raids covering the Districts of Gampaha, Colombo, Puttalam, Ampara, Ratnapura, and Monaragala. He added that therefore, legal action would be taken against those who cause unnecessary salt shortages in the market and thereby inconvenience consumers.

Source: The Nation June 10, 2021 19:05 UTC