50mnby Suresh PereraA substantial stock of “confiscated” canned fish Lanka Sathosa procured from the Colombo port at a cost of around Rs. “As there’s a shortage of canned fish in the marketplace, we promptly distributed the stocks to our supermarkets island-wide to be sold at Rs. The stock of canned fish had been forfeited as the owner had not cleared it for three months, he said. Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) officers had raided the Lanka Sathosa outlet at Moneragala following complaints that canned fish was being hoarded. “It is true that there is a scarcity of canned fish in the market because supply cannot meet the demand.

Source: The Nation July 25, 2021 00:11 UTC