It is reported that Negombo Additional Magistrate Darsshima Premaratne yesterday (05) ordered the closure of a manufacturing facility located in Demanhandiya area, Katana, which was accused of producing baits and baits unfit for human consumption.
This order has been given to a person named Gemunu Shanaka, resident of No. 275, Kondagammulla Junction, who ran the concerned institution.
The office of the Katana Health Medical Officer has received several complaints that the factory has been running unfit for consumption without following the health rules in this place for some time and then the Administrative Public Health Inspector Y. On Ratnayake’s instructions, Demanhandiya Public Health Inspector Tanuj Imanta has filed a complaint against this accused under five charges.
Earlier, when the case was called, the accused had been ordered by the court to stop these products, but he has continued to run the company despite it. This order was issued after the accused pleaded guilty when the case was called.