[2] The organisation works as a regulatory institution and it is a kind of state corporation on behalf of the government mainly to protect consumers from the unethical business trade malpractices.
[1] SLSI is currently functioning under the Ministry of Science and Technology which is held by Susil Premajayanth.
The institution implemented to establish national standards (SLS) and to protect the rights of consumers in Sri Lanka.
It is organised and implemented by the Marketing and Promotion division of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution.
Nestlé bagged the Sri Lanka National Quality Award from SLSI at the most recent 2017 Sri Lanka National Quality Awards ceremony.