An accredited lab that tests food and farm produce for pesticide residues, microbes and other contaminants for exporters and packaged-food makers, staffed by analysts trained in Hyderabad's pharma labs.
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This laboratory tests food and farm produce for pesticide residues, heavy metals, harmful microbes and label claims. It issues the reports that packaged-food makers and exporters need to meet food-safety rules in India and the demands of buyers abroad.
NABARD's 2023-24 credit plan for Hyderabad lists quality-testing labs, along with cold storage near airports, grading and packing units and godowns, as missing infrastructure for high-value perishable farm exports. The city's international airport is the main air cargo gateway for Telangana. Hyderabad also has a deep pool of chemists and microbiologists trained in the pharma industry on the same kinds of instruments this lab uses.
You need NABL accreditation, FSSAI notification as a food testing lab, pollution board consent for lab waste, and costly instruments such as mass spectrometers (machines that detect tiny traces of chemicals) in a clean, well-run building. The hard part is the long wait before accreditation and then building steady sample volume, because the instruments cost a lot to run even when they sit idle. Large, established labs already work in the city, so a wrong report or slow service will lose you clients quickly. Fast turnaround and clear reports are your edge.
Reach food processing companies, packaged-food makers and exporters directly, and seek listing with the food and export authorities once accredited.
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