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New Delhi : Twenty-nine States/UTs have State Food Testing Laboratories (SFTLs). The State /UTs are : Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. These laboratories are under network of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
The following 7 States/UTs do not have State Food Testing Laboratories (SFTLs): Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, and Mizoram. The setting up of a SFTL is subject to availability of resources and feasibility.
A Central Sector Scheme for “Strengthening of Food Testing System in the Country including Provision of Mobile Food Testing Labs” has been rolled out by the FSSAI with an outlay of Rs.481.95 crore under which 42 state food laboratories would, inter- alia, be upgraded (atleast one in each State/UT and two in larger States) with state of the art analytical equipment including establishment of new food laboratories in North Eastern (NE) States, subject to readiness of the State Governments.
So far, a total of 38 food laboratories of 29 States/UTs have been taken up for upgradation and a total grant of Rs 280.19 crore has been released. This includes release of Rs.0.50 crore to Regional Public Health Laboratory, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. FSSAI has a provision in its Central Sector Scheme to provide grant-in-aid for setting up of new food laboratories in North-Eastern States subject to readiness of State Governments.
For improvement in the quality of testing, FSSAI is strengthening State/UT Food Testing Laboratories by upgrading them with 3 high end equipment (viz., ICP-MS, GC-MSMS and LC-MSMS)/basic equipment and by setting up of microbiological laboratory. Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare) Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on March 17, 2020, according to a PIB release.
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