Laboratory Testing for Food Products | Must Know Information for all The Food Business Operators
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#FoodSafety, is a sensitive matter of concern for many people. It’s a prime issue for regulators, industry stakeholders, as well as end-users all over India. You all must know that food testing, along with the analysis of #FoodFProducts, is vital to food safety. In the current scenario, around 600 food testing laboratories are functional throughout India. These testing labs entails all #NABL certified labs comprising those owned by the #FSSAI notified labs, Food Business Operators (that is regarded as #FBOs in short), central/ state government, private sector, etc. Besides this, there are a few testing labs that examine raw materials as well as finished goods.
FSSAI Norms Pertaining to Laboratory Testing for Food Products
India’s apex food regulator, FSSAI, is very much concerned about the quality of food items that eventually reaches the hands of the general public. That’s the significant reason why FSSAI has underpinned mandatory norms related to food testing for Food business operators. The food items produced by Food business operators seek periodic testing from certified labs. Upon receiving the request with respect to testing, the food officer of the concerned lab need to pay the visit to the requested faculty and draws a sample in a way prescribed in the bylaws.
Step-by-Step Sampling Procedure
Step 1: Drawing the Right Sample in the Presence of Witness
In the first step, the responsible food safety officer calls for one or more witnesses at the time of sample collection. After the collection of the sample, the officer will go for direct witnesses in order to enclose their signature on the relevant forms as well as documents.
Step 2: Notification in Form V-A to the Food Business Operator
If the food product has been drawn out from the supplier or manufacturer, a notification in Form V-A shall be conferred to them.
Step 3: Paying the Sample Cost
The Food Safety Officer must make the payment for the sample to the concerned individual from whom the sample was taken. The cost should be computed at the rate at which sale takes place and the food item reaches the public.
Step 4: Packing of Sample food item
The sample food item for testing must be put in clean as well as properly sealed containers in order to prevent the entrance of moisture. However, this condition isn’t applied to packaged food items.
Step 5: Affixing proper labelling to the sample
The sample must have proper labelling encompassing the information such as sample code, Date and place of the sample collection, name of the individual as well as the official designation, place of the collection and date, nature of the food item that will be tested, and quantity as well as nature of the preservative available in the sample.
Step 6: Sealing
The food sample ought to be classified into four parts & each part must be sealed as well as packaged via strong paper. The end points of the packaging material need to be folded & affixed. Furthermore, paper slips that entailed the overall perimeter of the container, enclosing the signature of the designated officer, should be affixed on the wrapper.
The signature of the soul from whom the sample has been secured must be affixed in such a form that both the paper slip as well as the wrapper includes part of the thumb impression or signature.
Step 7: Dispatching of the Sample will take Place
The sample is dispatched in different ways.
• The sealed jar of one segment of the food sample, as well as the memorandum in Form VI, must be delivered to the Food Analyst.
• The second & the 3rd parts of the food sample, together with two copies of the memorandum in Form VI, should be routed to the Designated Officer.
• The fourth part of the sample, along with the copy of the memorandum in Form VI, must find its path to an accredited laboratory along with a standard fee.
Norms set by the FSSAI for recognition of food testing labs in India
1. The lab must be operated by staff members that are well-trained and well-equipped with the knowledge related to testing
2. The lab should belong to the class of the government-recognized facility such as FSSAI, NABL, or other agencies
3. The lab involved in testing under FSSAI should have a systematic quality management system
4. All the testing labs should have at least one food analyst who is well-qualified
5. The lab should be equipped with proper testing equipment as well as quality parameters
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FSSAI Norms Pertaining to Laboratory Testing for Food Products
India’s apex food regulator, FSSAI, is very much concerned about the quality of food items that eventually reaches the hands of the general public. That’s the significant reason why FSSAI has underpinned mandatory norms related to food testing for Food business operators. The food items produced by Food business operators seek periodic testing from certified labs. Upon receiving the request with respect to testing, the food officer of the concerned lab need to pay the visit to the requested faculty and draws a sample in a way prescribed in the bylaws.
Step-by-Step Sampling Procedure
Step 1: Drawing the Right Sample in the Presence of Witness
In the first step, the responsible food safety officer calls for one or more witnesses at the time of sample collection. After the collection of the sample, the officer will go for direct witnesses in order to enclose their signature on the relevant forms as well as documents.
Step 2: Notification in Form V-A to the Food Business Operator
If the food product has been drawn out from the supplier or manufacturer, a notification in Form V-A shall be conferred to them.
Step 3: Paying the Sample Cost
The Food Safety Officer must make the payment for the sample to the concerned individual from whom the sample was taken. The cost should be computed at the rate at which sale takes place and the food item reaches the public.
Step 4: Packing of Sample food item
The sample food item for testing must be put in clean as well as properly sealed containers in order to prevent the entrance of moisture. However, this condition isn’t applied to packaged food items.
Step 5: Affixing proper labelling to the sample
The sample must have proper labelling encompassing the information such as sample code, Date and place of the sample collection, name of the individual as well as the official designation, place of the collection and date, nature of the food item that will be tested, and quantity as well as nature of the preservative available in the sample.
Step 6: Sealing
The food sample ought to be classified into four parts & each part must be sealed as well as packaged via strong paper. The end points of the packaging material need to be folded & affixed. Furthermore, paper slips that entailed the overall perimeter of the container, enclosing the signature of the designated officer, should be affixed on the wrapper.
The signature of the soul from whom the sample has been secured must be affixed in such a form that both the paper slip as well as the wrapper includes part of the thumb impression or signature.
Step 7: Dispatching of the Sample will take Place
The sample is dispatched in different ways.
• The sealed jar of one segment of the food sample, as well as the memorandum in Form VI, must be delivered to the Food Analyst.
• The second & the 3rd parts of the food sample, together with two copies of the memorandum in Form VI, should be routed to the Designated Officer.
• The fourth part of the sample, along with the copy of the memorandum in Form VI, must find its path to an accredited laboratory along with a standard fee.
Norms set by the FSSAI for recognition of food testing labs in India
1. The lab must be operated by staff members that are well-trained and well-equipped with the knowledge related to testing
2. The lab should belong to the class of the government-recognized facility such as FSSAI, NABL, or other agencies
3. The lab involved in testing under FSSAI should have a systematic quality management system
4. All the testing labs should have at least one food analyst who is well-qualified
5. The lab should be equipped with proper testing equipment as well as quality parameters
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