siliconindia | | December 20194In a country like India, food safety is aptly the highest priority concern for industry stakeholders as well as the consumers. Especially with cases like Maggi containing lead, brick powder in chili powder, olive oil in honey and similar examples of food adulteration, use of pesticides, addition of color in food products have led to food safety becoming a major concern, both nationally and internationally. Such circumstances have given a major boom to the food and beverage testing industry. The global Food testing market is estimated to surpass $7,688 million marks by 2023 growing at an estimated CAGR of more than 6.1 percent from 2018 to 2023. In India, the food pathogen testing market was valued at $ 14 million in 2018 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 11.3 percent to reach $ 26.4 million by 2024. Clearly, food testing and analysis has become essential pillars of food safety ecosystem. In India, the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) is a Constituent Board of Quality Council of India which is the nodal agency for the accreditation of food testing laboratories. NABL was established with sole objective of providing Government, Industry Associations and Industry in general with a scheme for third-party assessment of the quality and technical competence of testing and calibration laboratories. On the other hand, FSSAI is the nodal agency that governs the food safety scenario in India. Being India's food regulator, FSSAI is also mandated to recognize and notify laboratories through a well-defined regulation in order to improve and streamline the food testing activity. With food and beverage testing industry showcasing immense potential, numerous firms have come up to bridge the gaps of this domain. With a vision to showcase the potential of such companies, in this edition of siliconindia magazine we have featured a list of `10 Most Promising Food and Beverage Testing Laboratories - 2019'. This carefully crafted list comprises of best-in-class service providers which are setting a niche in the industry with their top-notch offerings. On the cover we have featured Testtex India Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., a firm renowned for offering services related to testing, inspection and consultancy. Your ideas are always welcome!Deepshikha SinghSpecial Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialFood Safety Not Just about Counting Calories siliconindia Vol 08 · Issue 5 - 1 · December, 2019 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Special Editor Deepshikha Singh Editorial Team Aveek Pal Chaudhuri Tanuja Akkannavar Rohan A T Sthitaprajnya Panigrahi Srrayvinya OLM Sujith Vasudevan VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2019 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.com Visualisers Vimalraj M S Sivasankar Krishnamohan Group Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu Sethi Garima Anand Circulation Manager Magendran Perumal Anu Preethi Danila Felisha Rita Khirod Kumar Ashwini D Naik
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