Anand: Union Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar today inaugurated NDDB’s hi-tech honey testing laboratory and beekeeping training programme for dairy farmers at National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Anand.

The new honey testing facility has come up as part of NDDB’s multi-disciplinary laboratory -CALF. This is the only accredited laboratory in the country which can test honey sample as per FSSAI’s latest regulation of 1st July 2020 (as on date) by undertaking authenticity testing by using sophisticated analytical instruments and wet chemical analysis. This NABL accredited laboratory can also test honey as per requirement of BIS, AGMARK, Codex standards and Residue Monitoring Plan (RMP) of Export Inspection Council covering pesticides, antibiotics, heavy metals and wet chemical testing. This state-of-the-art laboratory has been established with Agriculture Ministry’s financial assistance and all the facilities and services related to testing of honey is now available at one place.

Agriculture minister in his virtual address spoke about Govt of India’s Rs. 500 crore beekeeping initiative fund under Aatmanirbhar Bharat for infrastructure development related to beekeeping including income generation and capacity building of beekeepers with thrust on women.

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