400,000 bags of ‘high yeast’ sugar on shop shelves, says importer in court

Members of the joint parliamentary committee investigating reports of contraband sugar imports inside a warehouse in Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | NMG

At least 400,000 bags of Brazilian brown sugar flagged by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) over high yeast content have already found their way to shelves.

Details are contained in a suit filed by Landmark Freight Services Limited, the company that imported the sugar, but is now fighting to stop Kebs from destroying the consignment that was seized.

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