Part of what is produced has to be offered to the state at a discounted price so it can be sold through the subsidized public distribution system to the poor.

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Rees refused to answer police questions when he was arrested but, on being told Mrs Parsons was terminally ill, he offered to show police where he had taken the rings to be sold.

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But if the business suffered no loss, or if they would have bought the product anyway, had it not been improperly sold to them, they will be offered no compensation.

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