Five Years On, Kerala’s First Food Analytical Lab Yet to Function Fully0

• A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
• February 4, 2026

Key Development Kerala’s first Food Analytical and Research Laboratory under the Food Safety Department continues to function with serious limitations, even five years after its inauguration. Authorities laid the foundation stone at Valiya Velicham, Koothuparamba, Kannur, on February 28, 2019, and inaugurated the facility on October 24, 2020. However, the laboratory still lacks a fully