The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has updated its list of approved laboratories capable of testing fortificants in Fortified Rice (FR), Fortified Rice Kernel (FRK), and Vitamin-Mineral Premix for FRK. This order dated November 18, 2024, supersedes the previous order dated October 9, 2024.
This update ensures consumers have access to safe and nutritious fortified rice products. The revised list includes laboratories with valid accreditation for testing iron, Vitamin B12, and Vitamin B9, essential nutrients added to rice during fortification.
The list includes laboratories with NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) accreditation.
Stakeholders are advised to refer to the FSSAI website or the NABL website to verify the latest accreditation status of laboratories before submitting samples for testing.
The following are additions made to the list:
I. Laboratories capable of testing fortificants in Fortified Rice (FR)
- State Public Health Laboratory, Assam – TC-10845
- Shree Krishna Analytical Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi – TC-8932 and
- Idma Laboratories Ltd, Panchkula, Haryana – TC-8207
II. Laboratories capable of testing fortificants in Fortified Rice Kernel (FRK)
- Shree Krishna Analytical Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi – TC-8932 and
- Accurate Universal Laboratories Private Limited, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – TC-5021
III. Laboratories capable of testing fortificants in Vitamin-Mineral Premix for Fortified
Rice Kernel
There were not changes made to the list of notified laboratories for testing vitamin-mineral premix for fortified rice kernel
