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FSSAI issues updated list of 11 labs recognised as reference ones
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Thursday, 07 September, 2023, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The FSSAI has issued an updated list of 11 laboratories notified and recognised as ‘Reference Laboratories’. The Food Authority has issued an order in this regard after the period of validity /recognition was over in June this year.
The FSSAI shall soon sign a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with these laboratories.
The order says that FSSAI has granted approval to the food laboratories as National Reference Laboratories (NRL) in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Food Safety and Standards (Recognition and Notification of Laboratories) Regulations, 2018, for specified areas mentioned alongside each NRL.
The labs include Export Inspection Agency (EIA), Cochin, for Genetically Modified Foods, CSIR- Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, for Health Supplements, Nutritional Information, Punjab Biotechnology Incubator, Punjab, for Sweets and Confectionery, sweetening agents including honey, ICAR- National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune, for Pesticides and Mycotoxins, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Centre for Analysis and learning in Livestock & Food (CALF) Ltd. Anand, Gujarat, for Dairy, Dairy Products and Dairy Analogues, ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Cochin, Kerala, for Fish and Fish Products, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR), Lucknow, for Chemical Risk Assessment, ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, for Foods for Infant Nutrition, Probiotics and Prebiotics, ICAR - Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, for Fruit and Vegetable Products, CSIR- National institute for lnter-disciplinary Science & Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, for Contaminants (heavy metals, PCBs, Dioxins and process generated contaminants, etc.), and Food Testing Laboratory, NIFTEM-Thanjavur, for Cereal and Cereal Products.
Apart from this, the Export Inspection Agency lab in Chennai is given Ancillary National Reference Laboratories status for food microbiology.
According to the FSSAI, each reference laboratory shall be a resource centre for provision of information for certified reference materials and reference materials. The labs shall also develop standards for routine testing procedures and reliable testing methods along with providing technical support in the area of competence and evaluating the performance of other notified laboratories.
The NRLs shall also coordinate the exchange of information amongst notified food laboratories and collaborate for data generation among the network of notified food laboratories and referral food laboratories and collate the data related to their specific domain.
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