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Food safety campaign : Punjab govt notifies PBTI as referral lab

Chandigarh, Sep 14 (UNI) Punjab government has put the food safety campaign under Tandrust Punjab Mission on a fast track by roping in another laboratory for the analysis of samples of food articles being collected during the state-wide inspections, Giving this information here on Friday, Punjab Food and Drug Administration Commissioner K S Pannu said that the Punjab Bio Technology Incubator (PBTI) at SAS Nagar (Mohali) has been notified as referral laboratory under Food Safety & Standards Act by FSSAI.
“Availability of another lab will facilitate quicker analysis of samples followed by faster action on the defaulters,” Mr Pannu said.
PBTI is a state of art, hi-tec lab equipped with the advanced machines for analysis. It has high-end facilities like residue and trace analysis for pesticides, drugs and heavy metals, food additive analysis, adulterants analysis and novel facilities like authenticity testing of honey and authenticity testing of basmati rice.
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