Sri Lanka banned the import of organic fertilisers produced in China after state Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture executives identified harmful bacteria for the second time.
Highlights
Sri Lanka imports 99,000 metric tonnes of organic fertiliser for 63 million dollars from China’s Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co Ltd.
On September 17, agriculture experts in Sri Lanka found that China manufactured organic fertilisers that contained a microorganism identified as ‘Erwinia’.
The Agriculture Ministry also confirmed this later, but the Minister alleged that the samples that came to Sri Lanka could have been tampered with.