Centre to bolster organic food testing capabilities
Hindustan Times|February 20, 2024
Govt to invest about 2105 cr to set up two dozen central and state-owned labs
Dhirendra Kumar
Centre to bolster organic food testing capabilities

The Centre plans to add organic food testing capabilities to two dozen central and state-owned testing labs, two people aware of the development said, in a 105 crore step to improve the quality of organic food in the market and offer better prices to farmers.

Another 66 government-owned labs will be upgraded to handle organic food testing by India's food regulator, the people cited above said.

The move comes as India's organic food market rapidly expands in a setting of limited testing capacity, one of the persons cited above said on condition of anonymity.

This story is from the February 20, 2024 edition of Hindustan Times.

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