The Consumer Affairs Authority has raided a stock of 400 tons of substandard steel, following several days of investigations, reports say.
Upon learning that the stock was to be transported at night from a manufacturing facility in Kahathuduwa to a warehouse in Negombo, the CAA had raided the warehouse on June 06, seizing the stock.
According to the gazette notification issued on Jan. 25, 2008, the SLS standard logo is mandatory for all steel bars and wires, including ribbed and plain steel bars used for concrete reinforcement.
The CAA says that the law will be strictly enforced against businessmen who violate these standards and distort fair competition.
