By Hiran H.Senewiratne
Rotary Sri Lanka has initiated a certification program, along with the Sri Lanka Standards Institute (SLSI), for businesses to introduce into their institutions new health protocols required to combat the Covid 19 pandemic. Micro, small, medium and large scale businesses in the country are included in the program, Rtn. Ajith Weerasinghe, District Governor 2020-21, RI District:3220, Sri Lanka & Maldives said.
‘SLSI got the best brains to develop the standards that led to the first-ever certification protocols for COVID protection being launched in the country to create a “Covid Control Environment” in keeping with the theme “Stop The Spread”, Weerasinghe told
Friday 30th April, 2021
Local coconut oil manufacturers had a field day following the detection of unusually high levels of aflatoxin in an imported coconut oil consignment, a few weeks ago. They claimed that their products were safe and superior to the imported ones; some members of the public may have bought into their claims amplified by aggressive advertising, but aflatoxin has now been found in locally produced coconut oil as well.
The imported edible oil stocks containing aflatoxin are being re-exported, according to the Customs. The solution to the problem of harmful food imports is not re-exportation, for there is always the risk of such commodities being sold to unsuspecting consumers in other countries. Ideally, food items must be destroyed immediately if they are found to be harmful.
By Alahendra Amaradasa
Today, more than ever before, there has come to the fore the pressing need for ensuring quality of supplies at the supplier’s end to avert many national disasters. The country is facing crisis after crisis plunging itself and the economy into unprecedented depths due to this monumental quality blunder – not being bothered about what the supplier is going to ship at the supplier’s end.
The most
recent crisis plaguing the country has been the ‘coconut oil crisis’ which may
rightly be termed as the ‘aflatoxin catastrophe’. Another burning national
issue that has come to the fore is the crisis related to skyrocketing prices of
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A photo of a purported magazine articleÂ
has been shared repeatedly in Facebook posts that claim it shows a Sri Lankan official blamed the island nation s president for toxic food products found in the country. The claim is false: the photo has been doctored from a magazine article that did not mention Sri Lanka s president.
The photo was shared in this Facebook post published on April 18, 2021.
It purports to show a magazine interview with Siddhika Senaratne, the head of Sri Lankaâs Standards Institute, a national regulatory body that oversees the quality of consumer goods.
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