Petition urging legal action against importers, high State officials Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Ven. Medille Pangnaloka Thera and two lawyers yesterday filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal seeking an order in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Inspector General to conduct an investigation into the release of the contaminated coconut oil to the market for human consumption.
The petitioners are further seeking an order to initiate legal action against the wrongdoers.
Ven. Medille Pangaloka Thera and attorneys Dasun Nagashena and Janaka Hewasinghe filed this petition naming the Health Services Director General Dr. Asela Gunawardene, Sri Lanka Standard Institution Chairman Nushad Perera, Sri Lanka Standard Institution Director General Dr. Siddhika Senarathne and several others as respondents.
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Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics, University of Peradeniya
It was reported a few weeks ago that a Professor of Nutrition and his Research team had reported that consumption of coconut had harmful effects. This news item seems to have caused a scare which I believe was not the intention of the researchers. Perhaps this is not their final report on the topic.
Coconut is incorporated into most Sri Lankan food preparations in many forms -grated kernel, coconut milk, coconut oil, etc. Sri Lankans get most of their energy requirements from the coconut fat; also small amounts of protein, calcium and iron, from the kernel and milk. After squeezing out the milk from the grated kernel, the left over is often thrown away, or fed to the chickens or pigs, which thrive on it. It is referred to as