National Food Safety Laboratory

The Institute is playing important role in assuring safe and quality food through laboratory analysis of food and water, technical expertise training, research and coordination support through its National Food Safety Laboratory, Public Health Laboratory and Food Safety Unit.

To strengthen the analytical capacity of food and water, with the support of the FAO of UN, the Govt. has established the National Food Safety Laboratory in 2009 and started its function in 2012. The laboratory is equipped with HPLC, HPTLC, AAS, GC, GC-MS, LC-MS MS etc. This international standard laboratory having the capacity to analysis of safety and quality of food including pesticides, colours, preservatives, formalin, mycotoxins, heavy metals, drug residues and microbials etc in all food items, beverages and water. The Laboratory is involved in conducting food contaminant survey.

The laboratory is manned by a group of experts and analysts trained in home and abroad. Further strengthening of the NFSL is under process including human resources.