Revenue slips as illicit spirits and toddy consumption soars
By Ferni Wickremasinghe
An ongoing island wide social survey has pointed to a sharp rise in the manufacturing and consumption of illicit alcohol island wide, as many households, particularly in the North, North Central and Eastern Provinces, have begun brewing and selling their own produce.
These products have little or no relation to acceptable standard production practices, and with no regulation over alcohol content or raw material used; they pose a serious threat
