Revised List Of FSSAI Notified Laboratories For Fortified Rice Products

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 December 18, 2024, supersedes the previous order dated November 18, 2024.

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 Kernel (FRK)
  • Interstellar Testing Centre Private Limited Perungudi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and
  • Delhi Analytical Research Laboratory, Delhi

II. Laboratories capable of testing fortificants in Vitamin-Mineral Premix for Fortified
Rice Kernel
  • Mats India Private Limited (Laboratory Services Division), Chennai, Tamil Nadu and
  • Monarch Biotech Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

III. Laboratories capable of testing fortificants in Fortified Rice (FR)

There were no changes made to the list of notified laboratories for testing fortificants for fortified rice

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