MPEDA inaugurated a quality control lab in Porbandar for seafood exporters

The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has opened a quality control laboratory to facilitate tests for seafood processors and exporters to confirm to product safety as per international regulatory requirements, the central agency.

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Key-Points

The state of art laboratory will help to confirm product safety as per international regulatory requirements.

Gujarat has relatively low instances of antibiotic residue in seafood exports, yet a number of cephalopod consignments are rejected overseas due to the presence of heavy metals, mainly cadmium.

MPEDA is a coordinating agency under the Union Ministry of Commerce for central and state-level establishments engaged in fishery production and allied activities.