Exploring the limitations of achieving of food safety certification in Sri Lankan tea factories Exploring the limitations of achieving of food safety certification in Sri Lankan tea factories

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D.D.U. Karunathilaka

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Ceylon tea has reputation as the best tea being a cleanest and high in demand. People in the developed countries are increasingly moving towards the healthy food as their living stands trend with health conscious for foods. They demand safe and quality food. Therefore, product quality certification is the most important point for that situation; because in general consumers always find safety food even though price is high. Hence Sri Lankan tea should be lined with international standards to facilitate the international trade. A study was conducted to identify barriers, and limitations that prevent factories implementing quality and food safety management system. The study was conducted by using pre-tested questionnaire, informal discussion, field observation and secondary data. Multi-stage proportion random sampling method was used to select the sample from all administrative regions that recognized by Sri Lanka Tea Board and evaluate Food Safety and Quality Certification (FSQC) in all administrative regions. According to the final results, 20.3% reported they have financial limitation to implement the certification level. Because, implantation of   FSQC is high cost process. Then it was mainly affected cost of production in tea processing. Therefore, tea factories should be motivated to go for certification level to maximize the profit. Study recommends giving financial assistance in order to go for certification and meet world consumer demand to reap competitive advantage for Ceylon tea.

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Karunathilaka, D. (2017). Exploring the limitations of achieving of food safety certification in Sri Lankan tea factories: Exploring the limitations of achieving of food safety certification in Sri Lankan tea factories. B.R. Nahata Smriti Sansthan Agricultural Extension Journal (AEXTJ), 1(4), 12–14. Retrieved from http://aextj.com/index.php/aextj/article/view/25
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