Focus on sale of outdated canned food and soft drinks:

Food Act to be amended from July 1

by Ananda KANNANGARA

The Food Act which ensures quality food production will be amended from July 1, this year.

Accordingly, all food manufacturers should comply with the Health Ministry regulations when manufacturing, labelling, transporting and selling their products from this date.

The Health Ministry has also focused special attention on the sale of unhygienic and outdated canned food items and soft drinks which are freely available in supermarkets, groceries, hotels, cafeterias and other food outlets.

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena told the Sunday Observer yesterday that the public should be cautious when purchasing outdated soft drinks and canned food items.

He said that products that carry the Sri Lanka Standard (SLS) label and the expiry date could be considered high quality items. He called upon elders to be vigilant over cheap and unhygienic soft drinks manufactured by certain people with the sole intention of earning a fast buck.