The government has decided to stop importing organic fertilizer from China after identifying harmful microorganisms in two samples of organic fertilizer samples to be imported from China.
A statement issued by the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka stated that the Sri Lanka National Plant Quarantine Service had come to a hasty conclusion that the organic fertilizer samples imported by the Chinese company contained harmful microorganisms.
The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka issued a media statement on 08th explaining the media reports in this regard.
The announcement states that in the fertilizer production process in accordance with international standards, when they are sterilized at a temperature of 600 degrees Celsius, harmful micro-organisms are completely destroyed under high temperatures.
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