Third International World Congress on Tea and Health 2009:

'Lankan tea clean and ozone friendly'

Upali Kahandawa is addressing the gathering.

Third International conference on Tea and Health Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Applications, organised by International Society of Antioxidants in Nutrition and Health in France (ISNAH) was held in Dubai on December 3 and 4.

Main objective of the Conference was to discuss the latest advances in tea and health and to highlight the recent innovations and applications of tea, tea extracts and tea polyphenols in nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical products.

The Conference 2009 was held under the patronage of the French Society of Antioxidants (SFA), Japanese Society of Antioxidants (JSA), International Society on Preventive Medicine (ISPM) and European Nutraceutical Institute (ENI).

Upali Kahandawa, Minister Counsellor (Tea Promotion), Sri Lanka Consulate General, Dubai represented Sri Lanka Tea Board at the conference and made a presentation on 'Tea and Health - Vision of Sri Lanka Tea Board'.

Kahandawa said at the conference that Ceylon Tea was one of the cleanest teas in the world and it is qualified to be known as ozone friendly.

Schemes have also been adopted to upgrade tea factories to meet and satisfy the needs of the global consumer, he said.