Sri Lanka’s Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage said in Parliament this week the government is aiming to make the country self-sufficient in liquid milk, and that this would be achieved within the next four years.
In Sri Lanka, Nestlé has facilitated the first commercial silage enterprise in the North Western Province, to help dairy farmers in the region have uninterrupted access to feed and improve the quality and supply of local milk.
Not enough joined-up thinking has gone into the island’s dairy plan, says Singaporean entrepreneur
Sri Lanka is only currently producing about 30% of the milk it is capable of, according to a Singaporean entrepreneur who is desperate to increase this figure and turn what is largely subsistence farming into a viable industry.
Continuing its dairy development drive in the country, Nestlé has opened its third milk chilling center in the Mannar district, in the north-western town of Madhu.
Sri Lanka has lifted a temporary ban on the sale of three batches of Fonterra milk powder after "no food safety or quality issue" was identified during tests.
Sri Lanka will soon "set the pace" for neighboring India in terms of milk quality and yield per cow, Australia's largest livestock exporter, Wellard Rural Exports, has claimed.
Fonterra, New Zealand and the Sri Lankan government have met to “discuss progress in resolving” the recent issues that led to the closure of all Fonterra Brands Lanka faculties last month.
Fonterra has resumed operations in Sri Lanka, less than a week after it closed its head office and Biyagama processing plants in response to growing anger amongst consumers about the safety and marketing of its products.
New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries have confirmed the scare surrounding contaminated whey protein concentrate supplied by dairy giant Fonterra was a false alarm.
Fonterra has temporarily suspended operations in Sri Lanka in response to growing anger amongst consumers about the safety and marketing of the company's products, which culminated in protests outside Fonterra Brands Lanka’s head office yesterday.
Fonterra has rubbished reports that four Sri Lanka-based executives have been summoned to face contempt of court charges over the company's alleged failure to comply with a ban on the sale and advertising of its milk products in the country.
Fonterra has challenged the accuracy of Sri Lankan tests for agricultural chemical, dicyandiamide (DCD), after it was ordered to pull two batches of apparently contaminated milk powder from shelves in the country.
Nestlé says its latest investment in a UHT milk factory in Sri Lanka will have a positive “ripple effect” on suppliers and farmers in the country, and lend it the ability to extend its product offering to consumers.
Scientists have developed a new technology to process instant tea.
The invention is said to cut processing time by 15 hours, making it
considerably less labour intensive and reducing costs.
