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BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
THE SRI Lanka government is to introduce legislation requiring soap and cosmetic manufacturers and importers to submit samples of their products to its national analysis department to detect any toxins that may be present. Consumer affairs Minister Ravi Karunanayake said the incoming regulation would insist a ‘Certificate of Product Approval’ be secured from the Sri Lanka Standards Institute, following a written recommendation from a government analyst.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
THE SRI Lankan government is wrongly promoting the consumption of poultry as an alternative to red meat in the diet of its citizens, according to a report from the Olcott Gunasekera of Dharmavijaya Centre for Promotion of Healthy Living in Sri Lanka.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AFTER a long period of consultation, a comprehensive directive protecting the European Union’s (EU) groundwater reserves has been proposed by the European Commission, which would force Member States to establish and police locally sensitive pollution limits. The legislation would insist that national governments carefully monitor groundwater quality and take steps to reverse its pollution, where it has exceeded these self-imposed thresholds.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
THE SRI Lanka government is losing around SLRupees 900 million (US$9.32 million) in annual revenue because of a boom in counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes, the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) has told a conference. It reported that a cheap black-market ‘Gold Seal’ brand is dominating the local market.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE, in Columbo
THE UNITED States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will provide technical assistance to Sri Lanka so it can comply with the rules of the US Container Security Initiative. The agency has asked US company Aerospace

Services International Inc.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE, in Columbo
COCONUTS will be henceforth measured by weight as opposed to numbers of nuts at auctions in Sri Lanka, in a bid to improve productivity in sales and production. At a recent seminar, the country’s Coconut Development Authority stressed that weight sales would also attract desiccated coconut millers to auctions.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE, in Columbo
THE SRI Lankan government has announced that a domestic airport adjoining Columbo’s Bandaranaike International Airport will be opened next year. Minister of Tourism Gamini Lokuge said that the project would use part of a neighbouring Sri Lanka military air force base.…

SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
THE SRI Lanka Footwear Association is claiming that a protective tariff of SLRupees 100 (US$1.06) on every pair of shoes imported into the country is “gradually improving” the commercial health of its domestic shoe manufacturing industry. Association president Sarath Pathmalal welcomed the move and also the work of the government’s new shoe industry task force.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE, in Columbo
THE SRI Lanka government is to introduce legislation requiring confectionary manufacturers and importers to submit samples of products to its national analysis department to detect toxins that may be present. The regulation would force manufacturers to obtain a resulting ‘Certificate of Product Approval.’…

SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
DSI Sampson Group has revamped its Cuddle Kids children’s shoe brand in Sri Lanka, targeting parents with children aged 1-6 years with a range exploiting sharp designs and strong colours. The company will use store promotions and advertising focusing on parents seeing their children take their first steps in Cuddle Kids shoes.…