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Notified labs told to mandatorily follow and comply with lab regulations 2018
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Saturday, 21 March, 2026, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The national food regulator FSSAI has issued a directive to all notified food testing laboratories across the country, to mandatorily follow and comply with the obligations as mentioned in Regulations 9 of the FSS Recognition and Notification of the Laboratories Regulations 2018.
The direction came following observations that several facilities were failing to meet their statutory obligations and the move aims to tighten the grip on food safety monitoring by enforcing strict digital transparency and standardised testing protocols.
As per FSSAI, the laboratories notified under Section 43 of the FSS Act are legally bound by specific operational mandates. However, recent audits revealed significant lapses in compliance, prompting the regulator to issue an immediate enforcement order.
The food regulation directed the notified labs to upload all test reports to the InFoLNet portal without delay. Furthermore, their digital profiles, including accreditation validity, manpower details (Food Analysts), contact and analytical capacity and so on must be kept accurate on a real-time basis.
Secondly, the labs have been asked to conduct the tests/analysis strictly using validated methods prescribed by FSSAI and which must remain within the specific scope of accreditation granted by the NABL.
And, finally the labs were directed to comply with the test report format prescribed by the food authority under the FSS rules and no deviations are permitted.
"In case of continued non-compliance, appropriate action may be initiated as per the provisions of the FSS Act," the authority warned in its order.
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