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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India amends notification S.O. 97(E) dated 10th January, 2017, to update the list of notified referral food laboratories across India.

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), exercising powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 43 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), issued a notification on 29th May, 2025. This notification amends its principal notification S.O. 97(E) dated 10th January, 2017, which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) on 12th January, 2017. The amendment substitutes the existing TABLE-1 and TABLE-2 with a new comprehensive table. This new table lists 22 laboratories across India, which are now notified to carry out functions as referral food laboratories, as per their valid scope of accreditation. Examples of these laboratories include the National Food Laboratory in Kolkata, the Food Safety and Analytical Quality Control Laboratory in Mysore, Quality Evaluation Laboratories of the Spices Board in Kochi, Guntur, Chennai, and Navi Mumbai, and the National Referral Center for Milk Quality & Safety (RCMQS) in Karnal. The principal notification S.O. 97(E) has been previously amended multiple times, specifically on 20th November, 2017; 31st July, 2018; 31st January, 2019; 21st February, 2019; 10th February 2021; 15th February, 2022; 18th October, 2022; and 13th December, 2022. The notification was issued under the authority of G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, Chief Executive Officer.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-04062025-263609 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 406] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2025/JYAISTHA 12, 1947 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4] FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 29th May, 2025 F. No. QA-12013/7/2021-QA-FSSAI.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 43 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following amendment in the notification number S.O. 97(E) dated the 10th January, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) on 12th January, 2017, and hereby notifies the following laboratories to carryout functions of referral food laboratory all over India and as per valid scope of accreditation, namely:- 1. TABLE-1 and TABLE-2 shall be substituted with the Table below, namely:- "TABLE +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | Sr. No. | Name and Address of the Referral Food Laboratory | Registration no. | +=======+===========================================================================================================================+=====================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 1 | National Food Laboratory, Kolkata 3 Kyd Street, Kolkata - 700016 | 1/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 2 | National Food Laboratory, Ghaziabad Ahinsa Khand-II, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad - 201014 | 2/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 3 | Food Safety and Analytical Quality Control Laboratory, Mysore C/o. CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore - 570013 | 3/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 4 | State Public Health Laboratory, Pune Stavely Road, Cantonment Water Works Compound, Pune - 411001 | 4/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 5 | ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore Hessaraghatta Lake Post, Bangalore - 560089 | 5/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 6 | Quality Evaluation Laboratory, Spices Board, Kochi Palarivattom, P.O., Kochi - 682025 | 7/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 7 | Quality Evaluation Laboratory, Spices Board, Guntur Chuttugunta Center, GT Road, Guntur- 522004 | 8/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 8 | Quality Evaluation Laboratory, Spices Board, Chennai Plot No. R-11, Sipcot Industrial Complex, Gummidipoondi, Thiruvallur District, Chennai - 601201 | 9/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 9 | Quality Evaluation Laboratory, Spices Board, Navi Mumbai First Floor, Banking Complex II, Sector 19A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400703 | 10/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 10 | NDDB CALF LTD, Anand CALF, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Anand - 388001, Gujarat | 11/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 11 | CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad - 500007 | 12/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 12 | ICAR-National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad Chengicherla, Buduppal, Hyderabad - 500092 | 13/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 13 | Food Testing Laboratory, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management-Thanjavur (Formerly IIFPT) Pudukkottai Road, Thanjavur - 613005, Tamil Nadu | 14/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 14 | ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin CIFT Junction, Willingdon Island, Matsyapuri PO Cochin -682029, Kerala | 15/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 15 | National Referral Laboratory, ICAR- National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune P.O. Manjiri Farm, Solapur Road Pune - 412307, Maharashtra | 17/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 16 | Pesticide Formulation and Residue Analytical Centre, National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPHM), Hyderabad Rajenderanagar, Hyderabad - 500030, Telengana | 18/R/FSSAI/2017 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 17 | Punjab Biotechnology Incubator, Mohali Knowledge city, Sector-81, SAS Nagar, Mohali-140308, Punjab | 19/R/FSSAI/2018 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 18 | CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31, Mahatama Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - 226001 | 20/R/FSSAI/2019 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 19 | Centre for Food Research and Analysis (CFRA), NIFTEM, Sonepat Plot no. 97, Sector-56, HSIIDC, Industrial Estate, Kundli, Sonipat, Haryana - 131028 | 21/R/FSSAI/2021 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 20 | National Food Laboratory, JNPT, Navi Mumbai Sector 3, JNPT Township Sheva, Taluka Uran, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400707 | 22/R/FSSAI/2022 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 21 | National Referral Center for Milk Quality & Safety, RCMQS, Karnal ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana - 132001 | 23/R/FSSAI/2022 | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | 22 | National Food Laboratory, Chennai 2nd Floor North Wing & 3rd Floor, Central Documentation Complex, Chennai Port Trust Building, Rajaji Salai, Chennai - 600001 | 24/R/FSSAI/2022" | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ G. KAMALA VARDHANA RAO, Chief Executive Officer [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./139/2025-26] Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (ii), vide S.O. number 97 (E), dated the 10th January, 2017 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers: 1. S.O. number 3695(E), dated the 20th November, 2017; 2. S.O. number 3827(E), dated the 31st July, 2018; 3. S.O. number 696(E), dated the 31st January, 2019; 4. S.O. number 1137(E), dated the 21st February, 2019; 5. F. No. 12013/01/2019-QA (Notification under Part III, Section 4), dated the 10th February 2021; 6. F. No. QA-12013/7/2021-QA-FSSAI (Notification under Part III, Section 4), dated the 15th February, 2022; 7. F. No. QA-12013/7/2021-QA-FSSAI (Notification under Part III, Section 4), dated the 18th October, 2022 and 8. F. No. QA-12013/7/2021-QA-FSSAI (Notification under Part III, Section 4), dated the 13th December, 2022.

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