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SL Plant Quarantine Service receives LOD from Qingdao

(UTV | COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka’s National Plant Quarantine Service on Wednesday (10) confirmed that it received a Letter of Demand (LOD) from Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co., Ltd., challenging the test results of the Chinese Organic Fertilizer shipment to the country.

Additional Director of the NPQS Dr. W. N. R. Wickramarachchi told that the National Plant Quarantine Service maintains the position that the test results are accurate and are in accordance with International Standards.

He said after testing the samples, the NPQS sends those results to the relevant authorities in the Fertilizer Secretariat and Agriculture Ministry, and the NPQS does not worry if the results hurt a particular country or supplier.

Recently, Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co., Ltd., the Chinese Organic Fertilizer Manufacturer, sent a Letter of Demand to the National Plant Quarantine Service.

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