Whatever the milk powder companies say, the tests are done for poisonous chemicals A senior officer from the Health Ministry said that though some milk powder companies advertise that their milk powder does not contain chemicals, the food advisory committee has decided to conduct the tests as the companies have not produced certificates on them. [...]

By selling the name of Ayurveda abundance of ‘spa’s in operation The Commissioner of Ayurveda Palitha Weerakoon has added tat on the pretext of Ayurveda treatment a number of ‘spa’ institutions are increasing at alarmingly high rate. As a result the registration of these Ayurvedic based ‘spa’s have been temporarily stopped. Currently there are 167 [...]

Small tea estate owners are at risk The National Organizer of Small Tea Estate Owners Association Lal Premanath said that since the government could not find solutions for the scarcity of urea in the market, the small tea estate owners of more than 5 lakhs have become helpless. 76% of the market is contributed by [...]

The standards of vegetarian food Act formulated The Minister of Information Technology and Atomic energy Patalie Champika Ranawaka who is formulating an Act with regard to standards of vegetarian foods which are sold in the market had not based on any religious background which is common to all consumers. He had added this at a [...]

Gotabhaya starts working in a paddy field The cultivation of paddy fields using organic manure was started yesterday at Kumbulawela farm with the precedence of the Secretary to Defense and Urban Development Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. His theme is “Let’s stop cultivation using agro chemicals and commence simple and healthy cultivation with organic manure”.