May 25, 2019
FSSAI discontinues 14 state food testing labs which do not have NABL accreditation
New Delhi, May 24 (KNN) The Foods Safety & Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has decided to discontinue as many as 14 State Food Testing Laboratories which do not have NABL accreditation.
The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) is a Constituent Board of Quality Council of India. Laboratory accreditation is a procedure by which an authoritative body gives formal recognition of technical competence for specific tests/ measurements, based on third party assessment and following international standards.
In a notification, FSSAI said, “In the last 2 years, FSSAI has repeatedly requested States/ Union Territories for initiating NABL accreditation process and submit an undertaking in this regard..”
The food watchdog had warned that in case the laboratories fail to do so, “respective laboratories shall be discontinued as food laboratories under Section 98 of FSS Act, 2006.
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