Food safety conference begins today

Nadira GUNATILLEKE

The International Conference on Food Safety : Science, Evidence and Regulations, organised by the Health Ministry in collaboration with the Regional Office for South Asia of International Life Sciences will be held today and tomorrow at Mount Lavinia Hotel, Colombo, a Health Education Bureau spokesman said.

According to the spokesman Senior Minister Prof Tissa Vitharana, Technology and Research Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Health Deputy Minister Lalith Dissanayaka and several others will participate in the conference sponsored by the Regional Office for South Asia of the International Life Sciences Institute, India, Technology and Research Ministry, Industrial Technology Institute and the Sri Lanka Standards Institute.