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2017

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India’s ’first’ mobile food testing laboratory to be conducted in
A
Assam
B
Goa
C
Haryana
D
Gujarat
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s first mobile food testing laboratory enabling on-the-spot food safety tests was launched in Goa. It was launched by the late Chief Minister Manohar Parikar. The mobile laboratory costs Rs. 45 lakh and is fully funded by the Centre.

Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: India’s first mobile food testing laboratory, which will enable on-the-spot food safety tests to be conducted in Goa, has officially launched by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on December 10, 2017. This is the first ever ‘Food Safety on Wheel’ mobile laboratory in the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -To extend reach of basic testing facilities even in remote areas, FSSAI has sanctioned/provided 254 mobile food testing labs called Food Safety on Wheels (FSWs).

Detailed explanation-4: -Food Testing Laboratory supports regulatory analysis of food and agro products, assists the food industry commissions for; Nutritional labelling, Food safety evaluations, Trace analysis. Shelf life studies.

Detailed explanation-5: -These are apart from more than 200 NABL accredited FSSAI notified laboratories that form the national food testing network, the statement said.

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