date:Jan 20, 2022
Traders from Colombo allege that imported beet roots are flooding the local markets at a time when authorities have not granted permission to import these to Sri Lanka. Sri Lankas Plant Quarantine Service has only granted permission to Sri Lankan Catering to import fresh vegetables.
A local trader who claims to have witnessed imported beet root being unloaded at another store, said the consignment was delivered in a small lorry and the stock was from Pakistan. Chairman of the Dambulla Special E