The Northern Provincial Council last week moved to prohibit the sale of toddy produced in the South, the Daily Mirror reported.
The motion, tabled by the Agriculture Minister, P Ainkaranesan who explained that toddy made and imported from other parts of the island was a threat to the North's toddy industry, was passed unanimously.
He also stated that it contained chemicals which had caused allergic reactions to consumers in the North.
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