The State Government will spend Rs 50 crore on expanding the facilities in government laboratories in the state as part of ensuring food safety, Health Minister V S Sivakumar said on Sunday.
“Steps will be taken to raise the Government Analysts Laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram and the Regional Analytical Laboratories in Kozhikode and Ernakulam to international standards by obtaining the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accreditation,” he said. New labs will be started in Palakkad and Kasaragod for strict monitoring in the border districts of the state. “The government is also planning to roll out three mobile labs for prompt inspection of food items,” Sivakumar said. These projects will be implemented jointly by the state and Central Governments. A sum of Rs 9 crore-Rs 12 crore as central assistance - would be spent on the Govt Analysts Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram, between 2013 and 2016 as part of the project. Applications for the NABL accreditation would be submitted in December. The regional laboratories in Ernakulam and Kozhikode will be renovated using Rs 24 crore. “Of the total sum, Rs 18 crore will be Central assistance and the rest will be state share,” the Minister said.
“Steps will be taken to raise the Government Analysts Laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram and the Regional Analytical Laboratories in Kozhikode and Ernakulam to international standards by obtaining the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accreditation,” he said. New labs will be started in Palakkad and Kasaragod for strict monitoring in the border districts of the state. “The government is also planning to roll out three mobile labs for prompt inspection of food items,” Sivakumar said. These projects will be implemented jointly by the state and Central Governments. A sum of Rs 9 crore-Rs 12 crore as central assistance - would be spent on the Govt Analysts Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram, between 2013 and 2016 as part of the project. Applications for the NABL accreditation would be submitted in December. The regional laboratories in Ernakulam and Kozhikode will be renovated using Rs 24 crore. “Of the total sum, Rs 18 crore will be Central assistance and the rest will be state share,” the Minister said.
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