Sri Lanka, July 30 -- Mandatory regulations are established on locally manufactured or imported helmets to exhibit the Sri Lanka Standards (SLS) certification mark, the Consumer Affairs Authority stated.

Extraordinary gazette notification number 1923/65 dated July 16, 2015, specifically mandates this standard under direction number 59.

Production, importation, distribution, warehousing, display, or sale of helmets lacking this emblem remains entirely illegal.

Special islandwide raids executed on July 27 resulted in 98 successful operations yielding over 431 non-compliant helmets seized into custody.

Furthermore, authorities suspended the sale of 3,520 helmets manufactured during unrenewed licensing periods across two separate factorie...