The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe

¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, please give me one minute. Because Hon. Mujibur Rahman raised this both the other day and today. Lacking criticisms of the Government, the Opposition is fabricating such false narratives. I now have the certification issued by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution. It contains the data relating to rice imported by STC. Hon. Presiding Member, this report provides four key points. It states: “Subject: MILLED RICE; Your reference: STC/CHOF/Rice/2024/05 and letter dated 30.12.2024.” The date is included. Regarding the imported rice, this report covers four heavy metals—arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury. The limits are: arsenic max 0.2; the rice shows 0.1. Lead max 0.2; the rice is less than 0.1. Cadmium less than 0.1 versus max 0.2. Mercury less than 0.1 versus max 0.1. Therefore, instead of creating false fear about rice and confusing the public, at least have a report like this in hand when you speak. Here is the SLSI report on rice imported by STC that he asked about. Hon. Presiding Member, I table this report. Thank you.

¶ 02 Placed in the Library.