The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe – Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development
The Minister tabled a written answer stating that Lanka Sathosa operates a rented returns dispatch warehouse at Welisara to store expired or unsellable vendor-supplied items pending return. He said vendors are contractually required to take back expired goods, so the institution incurs no loss, and attributed expiries to items not being sold within the stipulated shelf-life. He further stated that expired items amount to 0.5 per cent of purchased volume and that no disciplinary action against employees has been reported.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, I table the answer.
¶ 02 Answer tabled.
¶ 03 (a) (i) Yes. The CWE “returns dispatch warehouse” at Welisara has been obtained on a rental basis by Lanka Sathosa. (ii) Items supplied by vendors for sale through the Lanka Sathosa network cannot be sold after expiry under consumer protection laws and regulations. Vendors agree at purchase to take back expired items, and such items are returned to vendors without loss to the institution. Until formally returned, the items are kept at the Welisara returns warehouse. (iii) Non-sale of items within the vendor-stipulated shelf-life period. (iv) A large quantity has not expired; it is 0.5% of the purchased volume. No disciplinary action has been reported against employees regarding expiration.
¶ 04 (b) Not applicable.
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