TTD Food Quality Testing Laboratory Inaugurated inTirumala

The newly established Food Quality Testing Laboratory in Tirumala was inaugurated on Tuesday by TTD Chairman Sri B.R. Naidu along with the EO Sri J. Syamala Rao.

Speaking on the occasion, the TTD Chairman said that earlier, samples had to be sent to other states to test the quality of items like prasadams and ghee. But now a lab has been set up in Tirumala itself with state-of-the-art equipment to conduct tests directly.

TTD EO Sri Syamala Rao said that till now there is no facility to test the quality of ghee in Tirumala, and now for the first time, equipment like GC (Gas Chromatograph) and HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatograph) have been installed, which have the ability to instantly analyze the adulteration and quality percentage of ghee.  

He said that the equipment worth Rs. 75 lakh was donated by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) of Gujarat.

Adding further he said that the lab staff and potu workers have undergone special training at CFTRI in Mysore and henceforth arrangements have been made to check the quality of the prasadams in this lab and provide the results immediately.

TTD Board members Sri Santha Ram, Sri Sadasiva Rao, Sri Naresh, CE Sri Satya Narayana, Deputy EOs Sri Bhaskar, Sri Somannarayana and other officials participated in the program.