Taking note of lack of a government laboratory for testing food samples in Karnataka, the High Court of Karnataka directed the State Government to establish a proper laboratory in consultation with the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).
The laboratory should be well equipped to test the samples as per the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and adequate staff should be employed to operate such laboratory, the HC said.
Justice V. Srishananda issued the directions while noticing that proceedings was initiated against Vijayapura district-based Iqbal Syed Saab Dafedhar, a distributor of a branded noodle operating from APMC Yard.
