**Executive Summary**
This notification, issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on July 13, 2026, amends the primary notification dated December 6, 2016, regarding recognized food laboratories. It details substitutions, additions, and omissions of specific laboratories across the Northern, Western, and Southern regions of India. These amendments are effective as of the date of publication in the Gazette of India.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Northern Region (Jammu & Kashmir)**
* **Substitution:** The entry for Food Laboratory Kashmir (Reg. No. 75/N/FSSAI/2021) in Srinagar is updated. Its scope of accreditation is restricted to "Chemical."
**Western Region (Maharashtra)**
* **Omission:** The entry for Geo-Chem Laboratories Private Limited, Mumbai (Serial No. 8) has been removed.
* **Addition:** Geo-Chem Laboratories Private Limited (Reg. No. 85/W/FSSAI/2026) in Navi Mumbai is added. Its scope includes "Biological" and "Chemical."
**Southern Region (Karnataka)**
* **Substitution:** The entry for Shriram Research Institute (Reg. No. 22/S/FSSAI/2014) in Bengaluru is updated. Its scope includes "Biological" and "Chemical."
* **Addition:** Divisional Food Laboratory Kalaburagi (Reg. No. 102/S/FSSAI/2026) is added with a "Chemical" scope of accreditation.
**Southern Region (Tamil Nadu)**
* **Substitution:** The entry for MATS India Pvt. Ltd., Laboratory Services Division (Reg. No. 37/S/FSSAI/2016) in Chennai is updated. Its scope includes "Biological," "Chemical," and "Radiological."
* **Omission:** The entry for Nawal Analytical Labs India Private Limited, Krishnagiri (Serial No. 30) has been removed.
**Southern Region (Telangana)**
* **Substitution:** The entry for Megsan Labs Private Limited (Reg. No. 38/S/FSSAI/2016) in Hyderabad is updated. Its scope includes "Biological" and "Chemical."
**Impact Analysis**
**Listed Food Laboratories**
**Impact**
Laboratories such as Geo-Chem (Mumbai) and Nawal Analytical Labs (Krishnagiri) have lost their recognition under this specific notification. Others have had their addresses, registration numbers, or scopes of accreditation (e.g., MATS India's inclusion of radiological testing) officially updated.
**Action Required**
Omitted laboratories must cease operating as FSSAI-recognized entities under the previous serial numbers. Substituted laboratories must ensure their operations align strictly with the updated scope of accreditation (Biological, Chemical, or Radiological) as defined in the document.
**Food Business Operators (FBOs)**
**Impact**
The availability of authorized testing facilities has changed in the affected regions. FBOs in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Jammu & Kashmir must adjust where they send samples for statutory testing.
**Action Required**
FBOs must update their records to ensure food samples are only sent to laboratories currently recognized by FSSAI and that the specific tests required fall within the laboratory's updated "Scope of Accreditation."
**Regulators and Enforcement Agencies**
**Impact**
Official enforcement and monitoring activities will now be based on this updated list of recognized laboratories.
**Action Required**
Enforcement officers must ensure that certificates of analysis used for regulatory compliance are issued by the laboratories listed in this amendment, adhering to the specified scopes and valid registration numbers.
Key Entities Referenced
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: The regulatory body responsible for issuing this notification to update the list of accredited food testing laboratories in India.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: The primary legislation that provides the legal framework for food safety and the recognition of laboratories.
Notification S.O. number 3648 (E): The principal notification dated December 6, 2016, which this document amends to modify the registry of recognized food laboratories.
Section 43 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: The specific legal provision that empowers the Authority to recognize and accredit laboratories for food testing purposes.
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प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
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स.ं 452] नई दिल्ली, मगं लिार, िुलाई 14, 2026/आषाढ 23, 1948
No. 452] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2026/ASHADHA 23, 1948
भारतीय खाद्य सरु क्षा और मानक प्राजधकरण
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 13 िुलाई, 2026
फा.स.ं क्य एू -12012/8/2021-क्य एू -एफएसएसएआई.— खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक अजधजनयम, 2006 (2006 का
संख यांक 34) की धारा 43 की उप-धारा(1) द्वारा प्रित् त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए भारतीय खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक
प्राजधकरण एति द्वारा भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग-2, खंड 3, उप-खंड (ii) म ें दिनांक 6 दिसंबर, 2016 को
प्रकाजित अजधसूचना सखं या का.आ. स.ं 3648 (अ) म ेंजनम्न जलजखत संिोधन करता ह,ै अर्ाात:् -
ताजलका म,ें-
1. उत्तरी क्षत्रे स े सम्बंजधत ‘क’ म,ें िम्मू और कश्मीर के नीच,े क्रम संखया 3 के कॉलम (1) और उसस े संबंजधत कॉलम (2)
और (3) की प्रजिजियों के जलए जनम्नजलजखत प्रजिजि प्रजतस्ट्र्ाजपत की िाएगी, अर्ाात:् -
क्रम स.ं प्रयोगिाला का नाम, पिं ीकरण सखं य ा एि ंपता प्रत्य ायन का क्षत्रे
(1) (2) (3)
“3. खाद्य प्रयोगिाला कश्मीर, रासायजनक”;
पंिीकरण सं. 75/एन/एफएसएसएआई/2021
डलगेट, श्रीनगर, िम्मू और कश्मीर
5383 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
2. पजिमी क्षत्रे स े सम्बंजधत ‘ख’ म,ें
(1) महाराष्ट्र के नीच,े
(क) “जियो-केम लैबोरेटरीि प्राइिेट जलजमटेड, मुंबई” स े सम्बंजधत क्रम संखया 8 और उससे सम्बंजधत प्रजिजियों का जिलोप
दकया िाएगा;
(ख) क्रम संखया 47 के पिात, जनम्नजलजखत प्रजिजियों को सम्बंजधत कॉलमो म ेंअंत: स्ट्र्ाजपत दकया िाएगा, अर्ाात:् -
क्रम स.ं प्रयोगिाला का नाम, पिं ीकरण सखं य ा एि ंपता प्रत्य ायन का क्षत्रे
(1) (2) (3)
“48. जियो-केम लैबोरेटरीि प्राइिेट जलजमटेड, िैजिक
पंिीकरण सं. 85/डब्लल्यू/एफएसएसएआई/2026 रासायजनक”;
ग्राउंड और पहली मंज़िल, प्लॉट नंबर - 39, TTC इंडजस्ट्रयल एररया, MIDC,
कलिा, निी मुंबई, महाराष्ट्र
3. िजक्षणी क्षेत्र स ेसम्बंजधत ‘ग’ म,ें
(1) कनाटा क के नीच,े
(क) क्रम संखया 9 के कॉलम (1) और उससे संबंजधत कॉलम (2) और (3) की प्रजिजियों के जलए जनम्नजलजखत प्रजिजि
प्रजतस्ट्र्ाजपत की िाएगी, अर्ाता ्: -
क्रम स.ं प्रयोगिाला का नाम, पिं ीकरण सखं य ा एि ंपता प्रत्य ायन का क्षत्रे
(1) (2) (3)
“9. श्रीराम ररसचा इंस्ट्टीट्यूट, िैजिक
रासायजनक”;
पंिीकरण स.ं 22/एस/एफएसएसएआई/2014
14 और 15, सिर मंगला इंडजस्ट्रयल एररया, व्हाइटफील्ड रोड, बेंगलुरु-
560048
(ख) क्रम संखया 22 के पिात, जनम्नजलजखत प्रजिजियों को सम्बंजधत कॉलमो में अंत: स्ट्र्ाजपत दकया िाएगा, अर्ाात:् -
क्रम स.ं प्रयोगिाला का नाम, पिं ीकरण सखं य ा एि ंपता प्रत्य ायन का क्षत्रे
(1) (2) (3)
“23. संभागीय खाद्य प्रयोगिाला कालाबुरागी, रासायजनक”;
पंिीकरण स.ं 102/एस/एफएसएसएआई/2026
प्रर्म तल सेंरल बस स्ट्टैंड, गुलबगाा, कनााटक
(2) तजमलनाडु के नीच,े
(क) क्रम संखया 7 के कॉलम (1) और उससे संबंजधत कॉलम (2) और (3) की प्रजिजियों के जलए जनम्नजलजखत प्रजिजि
प्रजतस्ट्र्ाजपत की िाएगी, अर्ाता ्: -
क्रम स.ं प्रयोगिाला का नाम, पिं ीकरण सखं य ा एि ंपता प्रत्य ायन का क्षत्रे
(1) (2) (3)
“7. मैटस इंजडया प्राइिेट जलजमटेड, (लैबोरेटरी सर्विसे़ि जडिी़िन), िैजिक
रासायजनक एिं
पंिीकरण सं. 37/एस/एफएसएसएआई/2016
रेजडयोलॉजिकल”;
सं 1ए, 1बी, पेरूमल कोइल स्ट्रीट, नेरकुंद्रम, चेन्नई – 600107[भाग III—खण् ड 4] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
(ख) “निल एनाजलरटकल लैब्लस इंजडया प्राइिेट जलजमटेड, कृष्णाजगरी” स े सम्बंजधत क्रम संखया 30 और उससे सम्बंजधत
प्रजिजियों का जिलोप दकया िाएगा;
(3) तेलगं ाना के नीच,े क्रम संखया 4 के कॉलम (1) और उससे संबंजधत कॉलम (2) और (3) की प्रजिजियों के जलए
जनम्नजलजखत प्रजिजि प्रजतस्ट्र्ाजपत की िाएगी, अर्ाात:् -
क्रम स.ं प्रयोगिाला का नाम, पिं ीकरण सखं य ा एि ंपता प्रत्य ायन का क्षत्रे
(1) (2) (3)
“4. मेगसन लैब्लस प्राइिेट जलजमटेड, िैजिक
रासायजनक”
पंिीकरण स.ं 38/एस/एफएसएसएआई/2016
#3-31/33, प्लॉट न:ं.33/भाग, एसिाई. संखया 123,124,125 और 142,
कोमपल्ली, हिै राबाि-500014
राजित पुनहानी, मुखय कायाकारी अजधकारी
[जिज्ञापन-III/4/असा./221/2026-27]
रटप्पण: मलू अजधसूचना भारत के रािपत्र , असाधारण, भाग II, खंड 3, उप-खंड (ii) में का.आ. संखया 3648 (अ), दिनांक
6 दिसंबर, 2016 द्वारा प्रकाजित हुई र्ी और अंजतम संिोधन भारत के रािपत्र , असाधारण, भाग 3, खंड 4 म े
अजधसूचना संखया फा.सं . क्यएू -12012/8/2021-क्यूए-एफएसएसएआई, दिनांक 10 िून, 2026 के माध्यम से
की गई र्ी ।
FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th July, 2026
F.No. QA-12012/8/2021-QA-FSSAI..— In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-section (1) of Section
43 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby
makes the following amendment in the notification number S.O. number 3648 (E) published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 6th December, 2016, namely: -
In the table,
1. In ‘A’ related to NORTHERN REGION, under Jammu & Kashmir, for serial number 3, in column (1) and
respective entries in column (2) & (3), the following shall be substituted, namely: -
Sr. No. Name, Regn. Number and Address of the Laboratory Scope of accreditation
(1) (2) (3)
“3. Food Laboratory Kashmir, Chemical”;
Reg. No. 75/N/FSSAI/2021
Dalgate, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
2. In ‘B’ related to WESTERN REGION,
(1) under Maharashtra,
(a) serial number 8, relating to “Geo-Chem Laboratories Private Limited, Mumbai” and respective entries shall be
omitted;
(b) after serial number 47, the following entries shall be inserted in respective columns, namely: -
Sr. No. Name, Regn. Number and Address of the Laboratory Scope of
accreditation
(1) (2) (3)
“48. GEO-CHEM Laboratories Private Limited, Biological
Reg. No. 85/W/FSSAI/2026 Chemical”;
Ground & 1st Floor, Plot No. - 39, TTC Industrial Area, MIDC,
Kalwa, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
3. In ‘C’ related to SOUTHERN REGION,
(1) under Karnataka,
(a) for serial number 9, in column (1) and respective entries in column (2) & (3), the following shall be substituted,
namely: -
Sr. No. Name, Regn. Number and Address of the Laboratory Scope of accreditation
(1) (2) (3)
“9. Shriram Research Institute Biological
Reg. No. 22/S/FSSAI/2014 Chemical”;
14 & 15, SadarMangla Industrial area, Whitefield Road, Bengaluru-560048
(b) after serial number 22, the following entries shall be inserted in respective columns, namely: -
Sr. No. Name, Regn. Number and Address of the Laboratory Scope of
accreditation
(1) (2) (3)
“23. Divisional Food Laboratory Kalaburagi, Chemical”;
Reg. No. 102/S/FSSAI/2026
First Floor Central Bus Stand, Gulbarga, Karnataka
(2) under Tamil Nadu,
(a) for serial number 7, in column (1) and respective entries in column (2) & (3), the following shall be substituted,
namely: -
Sr. No. Name, Regn. Number and Address of the Laboratory Scope of accreditation
(1) (2) (3)
“7. MATS India Pvt. Ltd., (Laboratory Services Division) Biological
Reg. No. 37/S/FSSAI/2016 Chemical & Radiological”;
No.: 1A, 1B, Perumal Koil Street, Nerkundram, Chennai - 600107
(b) serial number 30, relating to “Nawal Analytical Labs India Private Limited., Krishnagiri” and respective entries
shall be omitted;
(3) under Telangana, for serial number 4, in column (1) and respective entries in column (2) & (3), the following shall
be substituted, namely: -[भाग III—खण् ड 4] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 5
Sr. No. Name, Regn. Number and Address of the Laboratory Scope of accreditation
(1) (2) (3)
“4. MEGSAN LABS PRIVATE LIMITED Biological
Reg. No. 38/S/FSSAI/2016 Chemical”
#3-31/33, Plot No.:33/Part, Sy. Nos. 123,124,125 &142, Kompally,
Hyderabad-500014
RAJIT PUNHANI, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./221/2026-27]
Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section
(ii), vide S.O. number 3648 (E), dated the 6th December, 2016 and last amended vide notification number F. No. QA-
12012/8/2021-QA-FSSAI dated 10th June, 2026 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4.
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