Kerala - Test Fertilizer Residue (Sample)

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Procedure

To apply for fertilizer residue testing the applicant must follow the below procedure.
Apply In-Person

1. The applicant has to reach out to the corresponding fertilizer testing laboratory in the state for the application form.
2. The contact details of the laboratory is provided in location and contacts section below.
3. Applications can also be made in-person through the agriculture department offices and sub-offices.
4. Make sure all the required documents are available as stated in the required documents section below.
5. The applicant has to fill up the requested details in the application form and then submit the application form along with the supporting documents.
6. The applicant has to pay the application fee as requested by the authority.
7. After the authorities validate your application and the documents that are submitted, they will initiate the process of testing the fertilizer residue sample.
8. The applicant will get an intimation regarding the inspection of the premise on the registered mobile through sms /call.
9. The Fertiliser inspector shall inspect the premise to check the fertilizers being used and collects the soil samples for analysis.
10. Once the testing is done the test reports are generated and is intimated to the applicant by sms/call.
11. The applicant can collect them from the laboratory.

Apply online:

1. To apply online visit the official website of NABL: Contact Link.
2. The applicant laboratory must be registered as a user with the NABL portal. Testing and Calibration laboratories can apply only as per ISO/IEC 17025: 2017.
3. In case of an existing user click the login here button. If you are a new user, click on the register here button.
4. Now create a new account by filling up the requested details.
5. In the registration form, for the type of CAB select testing from the drop down list among the five types. Enter the address, Country, State, City and contact details information.
6. Give the email address and mobile number and click send OTP.
7. After entering OTP, mobile number and email id will be validated and thereafter registration can be done.
8. After successful registration, you will receive Username and password on your email id.
9. Go to the registered user login page URL:Login Enter the credentials you receive in your email id. After submitting the credentials you will be redirected to change password screen. It is mandatory for first time user to change the password
10. After changing the password, it opens a new page with the button “Create New Application”.
11. Click on create new application, it shows the options “Applying for” choose the option First Accreditation and click on submit
12. After submitting the option, you will be redirected to the Laboratory details page. Complete the laboratory details with all the mandatory details.
13. In Lab details, if you click yes for “Does accreditation sought for different locations”, it will add a new tab “Location details” where you can add multiple locations. For legal identity details, select and upload documents.
14. After saving the form, click Next and you will be redirected to a new tab.
15. In new tab location details, it shows a default location. This is the location which the user has added in laboratory details. Users can add more locations by clicking on the button “Click here”.
16. After adding location, it will be redirected to the discipline details page.
17. For discipline details page, select the Discipline of testing from the dropdown and select the Group from dropdown
18. After adding Discipline Details, you will be redirected to the “Scope of Accreditation” tab.
19. For location, it shows those values in the dropdown which you have added in the second tab location details. For selecting discipline, it shows those values in the dropdown which you have added in the third tab Discipline Details.
20. Name of the product/ material to be tested is required to be filled, however subgroups and product/ material may be the same in certain cases. If CAB has selected multiple types of facilities then the box will show all types of facilities selected. If the same test is to be applied at multiple facilities, multiple selections can be made accordingly to avoid repetitions.
21. Then fill in the test method, year of publication and type of range of testing.
22. Now go to the organization, once you upload the relevant documents, it opens a separate section for filling employee details. Fill the employee details as required.
23. After completing the organization details, click on equipment and enter all the details as required. Unique Identification number is auto generated by the laboratory on its own for each & every equipment individually under scope of accreditation
24. If the equipment is calibrated externally, the name of the calibration agency along with the location to be specified in the box provided. If the equipment is calibrated in-house, the traceability details of the master equipment/ reference standard used for calibration to be specified in the box provided
25. After completing the equipment details, click on the “Next” tab. It opens the form for reference materials.
26. After completing the details of reference materials, click on the “Next” tab. It opens the form for quality control activity.
27. When the whole form is completed, click on the enclosure list. If there is any detail which is missing, then it will be shown under the pendency tab.
28. If it meets with all the details, then it will show a green tick in front of it under the availability column. #When the whole form is complete, it will show a green tick in front of it and the declaration form will be visible with Terms and conditions.
29. After completing all the information/ previewing the application click “Proceed to payment”. It will ask for the password for submission of application. Once the password is entered by the user the application will be finally submitted.
30. After final submission, it shows the “View report button”. Clicking on it opens the preview from where you can download the form also.
31. After making payment, the application will be redirected to the declaration of the form. At the bottom, it shows the submit button. Click on the submit button and it will ask for a password.
32. Once the correct password is inputted, the application is submitted successfully. The status is updated on the NABL website.
33. The certificate can be collected by the respective laboratories in person or an email is sent by the laboratories to NABL requesting the certificates.

Apply through Centres:

1. To apply through centres, the applicant has to visit the respective “CSC” centre. Please tap on the following link to locate the centre according to the respective district: link.
2. Make sure to have the documents that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
3. It is advised to take the documents in original to the kiosk for scanning purposes.
4. The operator will process the application online.
5. On successful submission, the applicant will receive an application number as acknowledgement.
6. The status, viz. Approval or Rejection if any, will be conveyed to the applicant through an SMS.
7. If verified, it will be sent through post to the address mentioned while applying in a stipulated period of time.

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Required Documents

The below documents are required

• Application form
• Address proof (PAN card , Voter ID) photocopy
• Aadhaar Card photocopy

Office Locations & Contacts

Director of Agriculture (QC),
Fertiliser Quality Control Laboratory,
Pattambi PO Melapattambi,
Palakkad distt.-679306(Kerala)
Contact Link: Link

Directorate of Agriculture Thiruvananthapuram
Vikas Bhavan, University of Kerala Senate House Campus, Building,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695033

Eligibility

• Farmers eligible for residue testing in laboratory
• Citizen and government also eligible for this lab testing scheme
• Semi governments and cooperative organization eligible for Fertilizer Residue Testing in Laboratory.

Fees

• The fees is determined by the lab authorities based on the soil samples.
  

Validity

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• The time taken for processing the application is 30 days.
  

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Instructions

• The process for analysing fertilizer residues typically involves extracting the residues, clean-up procedures to remove other components from the soil, and an analytical procedure to identify and measure the amount of fertilizer residue.
• Analysis of fertilizer residues is a highly sensitive procedure requiring extremely accurate solutions. Accurate weighing and dosing of reference standards, as well as dilution with solvents, is therefore critical.
• Samples shall not be taken at a place exposed to rain / sun.
• The sampling instruments should be clean and dry.
• The fertilizer being sampled, the sampling instruments and the bags of samples should be free from any contamination.
• To draw a representative sample the contents of each bag selected for sampling should be thoroughly mixed.
• The sample should be kept in suitable clean dry and air tight glass or screwed hard polythene bottle  of about 400 gm capacity or in a thick gauged polythene bag.  This should be put in a cloth bag which may be sealed with the Inspector’s seal after keeping inside the detailed description
• Identifiable details may be put on the cloth bag such as:  Date of sampling, Name of the fertilizer, Code No. of sample.
• The sample drawn must be sent to notified laboratory along with Form within 7 days of its withdrawal.

Required Information

• Applicant Name
• Premises address
• Village
• Town
• Block
• District
• PIN
• Phone Number
• Email ID

Need for the Document

• Fertilizer residue testing helps in reducing the amount of harmful chemicals in the food. This eventually reduces the health impact risk in humans and animals.
  
• So we need to follow the standards and guidelines set by the government to minimise the risk.
  

Information which might help

• The fertilizer inspector can draw the sample of any fertilizer as per procedure.
• The Fertiliser Inspector is a public servant as defined in Section 21 of Indian Penal Code.  Every person is bound to provide all necessary facilities required by an Inspector to discharge his official duties
• The periodical withdrawal of sample from every manufacturer and dealer has an impact on quality consciousness of dealer.  Therefore, Inspector must draw optimum number of samples from each dealer and manufacturer periodically and send it to Notified fertilizer quality control laboratory.
• Sample is collected from Dealers/manufacturers/importers of the fertilizers by Fertilizer Inspector·
• Auto generated sample code is assigned to each sample and send to Central Coding Office · Sample is received in Central Coding Office.
• CCO Code is assigned to the sample and it is forwarded to Laboratory for testing. In some States there may be variation in this step. In some states sample is sent to Chief Agricultural Officer (CAO) in District, who in turn sends sample to Fertiliser Testing Laboratory as in case of Punjab. In some states, samples are sent to Laboratories directly by inspectors. ·
• Laboratory accepts/rejects the sample, Laboratory In charge assigns lab code to the accepted samples and allocate the samples to Analyst for testing
• Analyst tests the Sample and prepares detailed test report · Analyst sends the test report to laboratory In charge ·
• Laboratory In charge decode the code and forwards the result to CCO ·
• CCO decodes the code and prepares the final report in the prescribed format, prepares outgoing Memo and sends to concerned agencies

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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External Links

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Others

Following commodities are tested for Residue Content

• Soil
  
• Plants
  
• Crops