3. Functions.-(1) In addition to the functions entrusted to the Laboratory by the act, the laboratory shall carry out the following functions namely: -
(a) Analysis of samples of food sent by any officer or authority authorised by the central government for the purpose and submission of the certificate of analysis to the authorities concerned;
(b) Investigation for the purpose of fixation of standard of any article of food ;
(c) Investigation for collaboration with the laboratories of public analysts in the various states and such other laboratories and institutions which the central government may approve in this behalf, for the purpose of standardizing methods of analysis.
(2) The laboratory specified in col.(1) of table I below, shall carry out the functions entrusted to it by the Act or these rules in respect of the local areas specified in the corresponding entry in col.(2) thereof.
TABLE-I
Name of the central food laboratory
Local Areas
(1)
(2)
1. Central food laboratory, Calcutta
Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry.
2. Central Food Laboratory, My sore
Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajas than, West Bengal and Union Territories of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu.
3. Central Food Laboratory, Pune Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Union Territory of Chandigarh.
4 Central Food Laboratory Ghaziabad. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep .
Provided that the laboratory specified in Col. (1) of Table 11 shall also carry out analysis of samples received under sub-section (2) of Sec. 6 of the Act in respect of the local areas specified in the corresponding entry in Col. (2) thereof.
TABLE-II
Name of the Central Food Laboratory Local Areas
(1) (2)
I . Central Food Laboratory, Calcutta- 700016 Sea Ports of’ Calcutta, Paradip, Visakhapatnam ,port Blair and Airport, of Calcutta Air Cargo Complex, Calcutta, Indo-Nepal Border in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Indo-Bangladesh Border in West Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya and Assam and Indo Mayanmar Border in, and Mizoram and Nagaland].
2. Central Food Laboratory. Ghaziabad- 201001 Airports of- Delhi and Attari Border, Amritsar
3. Central Food Laboratory, My sore 570013 Sea Port of Cochin, Madras, Mandapam Camp, New Tuticorin, Parambur, New Mangalore and Airport of Madras, Tiruchirapalli a Trivandrum, Bangalore Inland Container Depot, Bangalore
4. Central Food Laboratory, Pune-411001 Sea Ports of Bombay, Kandla, Marmugao and Airport of Bombay].
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