AreaSri Lanka

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date24/06/2022

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentFeed use ban

DescriptionExtended the ban on use of rice or paddy for animal feed, first introduced in July 2020, for importers and for rice sourced from abroad. As such, the import, sale, storage, transport, distribution and purchase of all rice and paddy for the direct manufacture of animal feed, or as an ingredient for animal feed production, was prohibited. The decision took immediate effect.