FSSAI approves 13 food testing laboratories including five private facilities as NRL

New Delhi, March 20 -- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has approved 13 food testing laboratories including five private facilities as National Reference Laboratory (NRL) under Food Safety and Standards (Recognition and Notification of Laboratories) Regulations, 2018 for specific areas.

FSSAI will provide an annual grant to each NRL as approved by the Authority from time to time.

This grant shall be used for expenditure towards manpower, method development/ validation, training and research activities, sourcing of certified reference materials and proficiency testing/ inter- laboratory comparison, according to the notification.

Any additional expenditure incurred towards method development, training, PT exercise at...