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White rice turns to red
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A trader who used dye to change the colour of Kekulu and Samba was fined Rs 15,000 by Kalutara Additional Magistrate Chandima Edirimanna recently. An order was issued to destroy 7,800 kilos of Kekulu and Samba rice which they were trying to sell as Red Kekulu and Red Samba.
Public Health Inspectors who carried out the raid and arrested the trader, Meera Lebbe Lathif while stocks were being transported.
Pic by Sunil S. Thanthiriarachchi