NEW: Star sugar brand caught in underweight scandal

Online Reporter

THE Consumer Protection Commission (CPC), in collaboration with the Trade Measures Department in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, has taken some retailers to court after they were found selling underweight sugar packets.

In a statement, CPC said their investigations revealed that the sugar packets that were supposed to weigh 2kgs actually weighed 1.6kgs, hence consumers were being defrauded of approximately 400g of sugar.

“The Consumer Protection Commission, working with the Trade Measures Department in the Ministry of lndustry and Commerce has confiscated sugar labelled Star brand, which is being sold in the market underweight,” reads the statement.

“Perpetrators who were caught selling this sugar were taken to court and made to pay heavy fines. From the samples taken, a supposed 2kg packet of sugar was found to be weighing 1.6kgs.”