date:Aug 11, 2017
many projects. The most important project is the setting up of Sri Lankas first accredited food laboratory for SMEs, Bathiudeen said.
The Centre for Food Analysis and Food Safety will cost LKR140m and will test products from across Sri Lanka. It will use both the local SLS and international ISO standards.
The efforts are part of a bigger plan to link food processing to the countrys export market, the minister added.
According to the Export Development Board, food shipments jumped by 112% i