Sri Lanka, Oct. 2 -- It will be mandatory for manufacturers to obtain the Sri Lanka Standards (SLS) certification for plastic items such as feeding bottles and lunch boxes used by schoolchildren before releasing them to the market, the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development, Wasantha Samarasinghe has announced.

The regulation will come into effect from April 01, 2026.

Participating in a media conference at the Ministry, Minister Samarasinghe further stated that from April 01, 2026, the sale of products that do not comply with the prescribed standards will be strictly prohibited.

The Minister noted that plastic bottles used for feeding milk to children, as well as lunch boxes and water bottles used by sch...