Product standards after SLS endorsement
We have a Sri Lanka Standards Institution. Manufacturers clamour to obtain the SLS stamp on the products. But do the products fulfill the standards after the stamp is obtained?
The Consumer Protection Authority (CPA) and the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) are doing a great job in detecting not fit for human consumption food products. It is high time the CPA/CMC check the products in the market that carry the SLS stamp to find out if they really keep to the approved SLS standard.
Some years ago I pointed out a case where municipal tap water was filtered and bottled with SLS Stamp. This water was not passed through UV process but being sold for Rs. 100 a litre.
There is a need to check standards of products after SLS endorsement.
Tissa Jayaweera
Colombo