Over to India

If the southern neighbour grants Nepal’s request for food accreditation, both countries will benefit.

Select food items from Nepal have always had great export potential. But they have long been underrecognised in global markets due to limited accredited parameters related to food safety and quality. Consumers around the world increasingly rely on food parameters, specifically those related to physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics, to determine the safety and quality of food they are consuming. In 2012 , with the accreditation of 27 chemical parameters, the National Food and Feed Reference Laboratory (NFFRL) under the Department of Food and Technology and Quality Control, established its name in the global market. By 2015, the coverage was widened with 22 chemical and 17 microbiological parameters, ultimately reaching 78 chemical and 24 microbiological parameters in 2019.