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Duplicate brand threatens Ambewela milk products
By Shelton Hettiarachchi
Following his visit to the Ambewela Milk Products factory in Nuwara Eliya last week, Agriculture Minister Anura Dissanayake has appointed a committee to look into the complaints of malpractice taking place there.

The Minister speaking at a news conference recently said the very existence of the Ambewela Milk Products established with the main purpose of uplifting the living standards of the upcountry farmers was threatened after the detection of imported milk packets duplicating the wellknown Highland brand name owned by the milk products factory.

He said some 1300 metric tonnes of milk had been stockpiled at the Ambewela milk factory after the former UNF Government imported milk and released it to the local market disregarding the available stocks of milk. Minister Dissananyake said that some 200 metric tonnes of milk in packets bearing the duplicate brand name 'Highland' have been seized from the market. He told the officials to re-sell them as animal food.

The Minister said that because of such malpractice the Ambewela milk factory had to bear losses of more than Rs. 15 million.

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