Lok Sabha Question No. 1889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Food Testing Labs
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: UDIT RAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1889 TO BE ANSWERED ON   29 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## FOOD TESTING LABS

## 1889. DR. UDIT RAJ:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of food testing labs in the country, State/UT -wise; and
- (b)  the  details  of  the  minimum  quality  standards  prescribed  and  quality  tests  underta frozen fast food items that are imported from foreign countries?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): Presently, 232 Food Testing Laboratories have been authorised by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India for testing food products. State - wise details are at Annexure.
- (b): Safety and minimum quality standards for food products including imported food ite have  been  prescribed  in  the  Food  Safety  and Standards  (Food  Products  Standards  and  Food Additives)  Regulations,  2011  and  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards  (Contaminants,  Toxins  a Residues)  Regulations,  2011.    Imported  food  products,  including  frozen  food  products, subjected to visual inspection, s ampling and testing in order to determine whether or not, the conform to the prescribed safety and quality standards.

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## Annexure

State/UT- wise details  of  232 Food Testing Laboratories in the  country under  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Act,  2006  and  Rules  /Regulations, 2011 made there under:

| Sr No.   | State/UT                  | Number of State/ Public Food Laboratories   | Number of Referral Food Laboratories   | Number of NABL Accredited Food Laboratories notified by FSSAI   |
|----------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh            | 1                                           | 1                                      | 3                                                               |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh         | -                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 4.       | Assam                     | 1                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 5.       | Bihar                     | 1                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh              | 1                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 7.       | Chandigarh                | -                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 8.       | Dadra Nagar Haveli        | -                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 9.       | Daman & Diu               | -                                           | -                                      | 1                                                               |
| 10.      | Delhi                     | 1                                           | -                                      | 19                                                              |
| 11.      | Goa                       | 1                                           | -                                      | 1                                                               |
| 12.      | Gujarat                   | 6                                           | 1                                      | 8                                                               |
| 13.      | Haryana                   | 2                                           | -                                      | 12                                                              |
| 14.      | Himachal Pradesh          | 1                                           | -                                      | 1                                                               |
| 15.      | Jammu & Kashmir           | 2                                           | 1                                      | -                                                               |
| 16.      | Jharkhand                 | 1                                           | -                                      | 1                                                               |
| 17.      | Karnataka                 | 4                                           | 2                                      | 12                                                              |
| 18.      | Kerala                    | 3                                           | 2                                      | 9                                                               |
| 19.      | Lakswadweep               | -                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 20.      | Madhya Pradesh            | 3                                           | -                                      | 6                                                               |
| 21.      | Maharashtra               | 11                                          | 3                                      | 23                                                              |
| 22.      | Manipur                   | -                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 23.      | Meghalaya                 | 1                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 24.      | Mizoram                   | -                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 25.      | Nagaland                  | 1                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 26.      | Odisha                    | 1                                           | -                                      | 1                                                               |
| 27.      | Puducherry                | 1                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 28.      | Punjab                    | 3                                           | -                                      | 3                                                               |
| 29.      | Rajasthan                 | 8                                           | -                                      | 6                                                               |
| 30.      | Sikkim                    | -                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 31.      | Tamil Nadu                | 7                                           | 2                                      | 16                                                              |
| 32.      | Telangana                 | 1                                           | 3                                      | 7                                                               |
| 33.      | Tripura                   | 1                                           | -                                      | -                                                               |
| 34.      | Uttar Pradesh             | 3                                           | 2                                      | 7                                                               |
| 35.      | Uttarakhand               | -                                           | -                                      | 1                                                               |
| 36.      | West Bengal               | 5                                           | 1                                      | 5                                                               |
|          | Total                     | 72                                          | 18                                     | 142                                                             |