An awareness session focusing on packaging solutions for the fruits and vegetable sector was conducted by the National Packaging Centre (NPC) at the Export Development Board recently.
One of the objectives for conducting this awareness session is to reduce the post-harvest losses of fruits and vegetables through innovative packaging solutions and enhance the value of export products, benefiting the broader economy.In Sri Lanka post-harvest losses are significant, affecting 20%-30% of vegetables and 15%-20% of fruits. Inadequate packaging has been identified as a major cause of these losses. The session was conducted in collaboration with the Packaging Experts from the Industry and National Plant Quarantine Service with the participation of 70 exporters and potential exporters.
Packaging Consultant W. Abhaya Senavirathna, CEO, Packaging design83, Dulesh Fernando and Deputy Director, National Plant Quarantine Service Ms. S.D. Kamani Priyadarshani were the resource persons.
Key topics such as packaging concepts, packaging materials, packaging technology, packaging design and graphic design for fruits and vegetable packing as well as importance of plant quarantine certificate and process of obtaining the certificate were discussed.
