World Class State of the Art Honey Testing Lab inaugurated in Gujarat

Government of India has inaugurated the ‘World Class State of Art Honey Testing Laboratory’ established by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in Anand (Gujarat) with support of National Bee Board (NBB).

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The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare has approved the National Bee Keeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) for a period of 2 years.

Government has taken up several activities to promote bee keeping under ‘Mission on Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)’‘National Mission for Beekeeping’ being implemented through National Bee Board and the States.

The establishment of this Honey Testing Laboratory will help for quality production of honey and its export to other countries.

Based on the parameters notified by FSSAI, the NDDB has set-up this world class lab with all the facilities and developed the test methods/protocols, which have been accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).

FSSAI has now notified new standards of Honey, Bee Wax and Royal Jelly.