Nestle Lanka was awarded four ISO quality assurgency certificates when Nestle‚‘s Maggi Coconut Milk Powder, Nespray Nutri-Up and Nescaf‚ Ice Coffee RTD (Ready-To-Drink) were recognised for their high quality standards at the recent SLSI (Sri Lanka Standards Institution) Certification Awards.
The company’s sales promotions department also received the SLSI Certification for ‘Good Manufacturing Practices’ for sampling operations, making it the first such operation in Sri Lanka to do so.
SLSI is the National Standards Body in Sri Lanka and a member of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). An SLSI Certification signifies that a product is manufactured in compliance with Sri Lanka Standard Specifications, and canbe purchased with an assurance of quality.
“The SLS product certification mark is a symbol of quality, with the product being certified by an independent government body,” said T.G.G. Dharmawardana, Director General of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution. It was also disclosed that the value addition of local Nescaf‚ is over 80% and they may look at exports more aggressively. “Nestle also producers other sources of Milk based products and the company has paid over RS. 3.6 billion to purchase fresh milk from farmers and remains to date as the largest consumer of local fresh milk.”
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