NABL NEWSLETTER

December 2019

Contents
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S MESSAGE ............................................................................................ 2
Current Events .................................................................................................................................. 4
NABL Trainings................................................................................................................................ 10
Upcoming Events ............................................................................................................................ 11
Important Changes in NABL Documents ........................................................................................ 12
Important Announcements by NABL.......................................................................................... 12
Fresh Accredited Laboratories ....................................................................................................... 13
Accreditation Granted to Testing Laboratories .......................................................................... 13
Accreditation Granted to Calibration Laboratories .................................................................... 15
Accreditation Granted to Medical Testing Laboratories ............................................................ 16
Accreditation granted to Integrated Laboratories ..................................................................... 17

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 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S MESSAGE

Dear NABL Patrons,

I wish you all a very Happy and prosperous New Year 2020.

We will continue to improve upon our services by making them friendlier, transparent and
impartial.

To improve the confidence on NABL accredited laboratories, we are conducting

unannounced assessments for ensuring the competence of accredited laboratories to the
requirements and compliance to NABL terms and conditions.

In 2019, NABL had conducted 184 Accreditation Committee meetings and the accredited
laboratories of NABL stand at 3411 in testing laboratories, 956 in calibration laboratories,
1161 in medical testing laboratories. In addition to the above, 45 Proficiency testing
providers and 14 Reference Material Producers were accredited.

Time taken from application for NABL Accreditation to Grant of Accreditation is reduced to
100 days by implementation of digitalization and NABL Web portal.

In order to avoid duplication of assessments and improve the ease for laboratories to get
accreditation and recognition / approval of regulators, NABL through its engagement with
regulators (FSSAI, EIC, APEDA, etc) is conducting integrated assessments which are a huge
success.

For improving the awareness about NABL accreditation, NABL had associated with Ministry
of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India in conducting one day awareness programs in various locations.

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NABL had initiated NABL LAB Forum – Interaction session for Applicant, Accredited and
Aspirant Laboratories wherein participants benefit from direct interaction with NABL. Four
such programs were conducted in 2019 and with the positive feedback additional LAB
Forums are being planned in 2020.

In our yearly Conclave for Laboratories, the 8th National Conclave for Laboratories was
conducted at Chennai. 275 participants from laboratories benefitted from interaction with
representatives from government, regulators and laboratories on how the laboratory
community can be improved, important regulations and opportunities for business growth.

We started accreditation of Medical device calibration laboratories which would directly

benefit the users of medical devices with accurate measurements.

Two new schemes namely Quality Assurance Scheme for Basic Composite (QAS-BC) Medical
Laboratories (Entry Level) and Medical Imaging – Conformity Assessment Body (MI-CAB)
were introduced.

NABL gained ILAC MRA for accreditation of ‘Proficiency Testing Provider (PTP)’ as per
ISO/IEC 17043 program.

In continuation to our yearly PTP / RMP Conclaves, the 3rd PTP / RMP conclave was
conducted at Hyderabad. More than 100 participants belonging to various PTP’s, RMP’s and
laboratories attended the conclave to understand the various updates on PTP / RMP
accreditation.

In 2019, transition of all RMP’s from ISO Guide 34 to ISO 17034 was completed.

Transition from ISO/IEC 17011: 2004 to ISO/IEC 17011: 2017 and internal audit (23 rd)
conducted as per ISO/IEC 17011: 2017 by external auditors.

I thank all our stakeholders for their continued support and look forward for your
constructive feedback on our endeavors.

N Venkateswaran

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Current Events

8th National Conclave for Laboratories, Chennai

NABL conducted its 8th National Conclave for Laboratories at Chennai on 13th – 14th December 2019.

The two day conclave consisted for five technical and interactive sessions and served as a platform
for laboratories to interact with Accreditation Body and Regulators.

The objectives met during the conclave include but not limited to:
 Understanding Regulatory / Government Requirements.
 Discussions on laboratory issues, accreditation body issues
 Discussions on online portal of NABL accreditation
 Risk Management in laboratories and its implementation
 Updates on International accreditation scenario – ILAC and APAC
 Business opportunities and financial support available from government to laboratories.

The Conclave was graced by eminent persons:

 Dr. S P Vasireddi, Founder and Chairman, Vimta Labs Ltd.
 Dr. N Bhaskar, Advisor QA, FSSAI
 Mr. K Raj kumar, Director, IRMRA
 Mr. B Jayamani, DGM, R&D, MRF
 Mr. Brajendra Kumar, Director (SR) R-Div, TEC
 Mr. C Kumaran, Controller, Legal Metrology
 Ms. Rajalakshmi Subramanyam, Lead Assessor, NABL.
 Mr. Puru Gupta, IAS, Deputy Secretary, Trade Policy Division, Department of Commerce.
 Mr. Man Prakash Vijay, AGM (Quality), APEDA
 Mr. G Shanmuganathan, Additional Industrial Advisor, MSME

Dr. R P Singh, Secretary General, QCI lauded NABL on improving impartiality and transparency in its
operations and dedicated the valedictory session for taking critical suggestions from participants and
discussing the way forward through improvements in accreditation system.

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NABL PTP / RMP Assessors Conclave organized in New Delhi on 19th
December 2019

NABL PTP / RMP Assessors conclave

organized in New Delhi on 19th December 2019.
The conclave aimed to harmonize assessment
practices in PTP / RMP Assessments

Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2019), Surat on 19th-21st December

2019

NABL officials participated in the Indian Geotechnical Conference held

from 19th -21st December 2019, Surat.

NABL officials presented general information regarding NABL

accreditation in one technical session of the Conference.

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 One day awareness program for laboratories on integrated assessment on
21st December 2019

Integrated Assessment with FSSAI,

EIC, APEDA, Tea Board of India and
IOPEPC – Awareness for Laboratories
was conducted on 21st December at
Kolkata. The program had awareness
sessions by regulators on the regulatory
requirements and participant’s
questions were answered.
48 Participants from various
laboratories attended the program.
Mr. Avijit Das, Director, NABL
explaining about integrated assessment
process, additional requirements and
decision making process to the
participants attending NABL awareness
program about integrated assessment
and responding to questions

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One day awareness program about NABL accreditation on 23rd December 2019

One day awareness program on NABL accreditation conducted for Ministry of Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare at National Centre of Organic Farming, Ghaziabad on 23rd
December 2019.

Around 25 participants from various fertilizer testing laboratories attended the program

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NABL Trainings
NABL constantly Endeavour’s to increase its pool of trained assessors from all appropriate
sources to cater to its ever increasing demands of accreditation.
The assessors are drawn from pool of experts in various fields / facilities and actively
involved in Testing/ Calibration/ Medical/ PTP/ RMP in a CAB or industry.

Interested persons may submit their details on training@nabl.qcin.org

4-days NABL Training on General requirements for Proficiency testing as per ISO/IEC 17043
conducted from 03rd - 06th December 2019 at New Delhi

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Upcoming Events
A) NABL announces 3 days Training program on “General requirements for the competence of
Reference Material Producers as per ISO 17034:2016” at Hyderabad.

- Hyderabad: 09th – 11th January 2020

B) NABL announces 4 days Training program on "General Requirements for Proficiency Testing
based on ISO/IEC 17043" at Kolkata.

- Kolkata: 21st – 24th January 2020

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Important Changes in NABL Documents
• NABL has done major changes in NABL 216 “Procedures for Dealing with Adverse Decisions”. For
more details, please refer NABL 216 “Procedures for Dealing with Adverse Decisions” Issue No. 07
 Major Changes in NABL 133 with transition time of three months.
• Release of NABL 137 ‘Specific Criteria for Accreditation of Software & IT System testing
Laboratories‘.
 Amendment in NABL 128 'Procedure for Quality Assurance Scheme for Basic Composite Medical
Laboratories (Entry Level)'
• Amendment in NABL 218 'Desktop Surveillance'.
• NABL 100: General Information Brochure is revised.
• NABL 151: Application Form for Testing Laboratories is amended.

Important Announcements by NABL

 NABL invites Applications for Empanelment as Assessors for Mechanical Testing – Building
Materials, Soil & Rock

 Use of NABL symbol is mandatory on all the test report / certificate, medical test report /
certificate, calibration certificate / report, PT report and RM document issued by NABL Accredited
CAB for the parameters / tests covered under NABL accredited scope. For more details, please
refer NABL 133 “Policy for Use of NABL Symbol and / or Claim of Accreditation by Accredited
Conformity Assessment Bodies (CAB) & NABL Accredited CAB Combined ILAC MRA Mark” Issue
No. 09. Transition time of 03 months is given to the CABs for the implementation.

 Reference to the DGFT Notification No. 26/2015-2002 dated 01.09.2017 regarding testing of toys
in NABL accredited laboratories. Further to the notification, DGFT has issued an amendment (vide
Notification No. 33 / 2015-2020 dated 02.12.2019) in policy condition No. 2 (iii) Chapter 95 of ITC
(HS), 2017-Schedule-1 (Import Policy), Please note that as per the notification, samples of toys
will be submitted by Customs to NABL accredited laboratories for testing. You are requested to
ensure that ULR number, consignment number, manufacturer name, importer name and country
of origin are mentioned on the test report, so that it can be linked to the consignment from
which samples have been drawn. Also, please ensure to enquire about the retention period of
remnant or duplicate samples from the representative of Customs which has to be followed by
the laboratory.

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Fresh Accredited Laboratories

Accreditation Granted to Testing Laboratories

I. TESTING LABS ACCREDITED IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
2019
S. No. Name of the Laboratory Discipline Certificate No.
1. Adhunik Industries Ltd., M TC-8754
Mechanical Laboratory,
Durgapur
2. SML Testing Services, M TC-8755
Bengaluru
3. United Enviro Lab, Bhiwadi C TC-8756
4. Swastik Engineering Lab, Agra M TC-8757
5. 24 K Mech Laboratories, Pune C TC-8758
6. Essquare Geo Services, C TC-8759
(Laboratory Division), Vadodara
7. Umed Pharma Lab Private B TC-8760
Limited, MM District, Hyderabad
8. Multitech Techno fab Pvt. Ltd, M TC-8761
Delhi
9. Purva Environmental C TC-8762
Consultant, Testing Laboratory,
Petlad
10. Supertech Laboratories, C, M TC-8763
Hyderabad
11. Green Habitat Industrial Labs, C TC-8764
Bawal
12. itemclab Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai L TC-8765
13. Quality Control Laboratory, C TC-8766
Telangana Foods (A Govt of TS
enterprises), Hyderabad
14. Pulp and Paper Research C, M TC-8767
Institute (PAPRI), Rayagada
15. ZTT India Private Limited, E, L, M TC-8768
Chittoor
16. Insight Quality Services, Pune NDT TC-8769
17. Standard Greases & Specialities C TC-8770
Pvt. Ltd. Turbhe Laboratory,
Navi Mumbai
18. Enviro-Tech Services, C TC-8771
Ghaziabad
19. Gogreen Laboratory and C TC-8772
Surveyor Pvt. Ltd, Kadi
20. TMC Transformers (India) Pvt. E TC-8773
Ltd., Halol
21. Maxop Research and Testing E, L TC-8774

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 Institute Private Ltd, Gurgaon
22. PR Concrete Testing Laboratory, M TC-8775
Coimbatore
23. The Supreme Industries Limited C, M TC-8777
(Testing Laboratory), Kanpur
24. Ace Test Lab, Delhi E, L TC-8778
25. Ramco Research and C, M TC-8779
Development Centre, Chennai
26. Ameenji Rubber Pvt. Ltd. (QC C, M TC-8780
Lab), Hyderabad
27. Geo Build Engineering India M TC-8781
Private Limited-Laboratory,
Chennai
28. Sagar Cements Limited (Testing C, M TC-8782
Laboratory), Visakhapatnam
29. Laboratory, Salalah Methnol C TC-8783
Company, Sultanate of Oman
30. Riyadh Geotechnique & M TC-8784
Foundations (RGF), Yanbu,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
31. Riyadh Geotechnique & M TC-8785
Foundations (RGF), Jeddah,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
32. Pragyan Testing Laboratory, C TC-8786
Patna
33. Quality Control Laboratory C TC-8787
(Patanjali Natural Coloroma Pvt.
Ltd), Haridwar
34. Senior Quality Assurance C TC-8788
Establishment (ARMT),
Bhadravati
35. J. J. Gold Refinery Private C TC-8789
Limited (Assay Laboratory),
Howrah
36. Force Motors Lt.d, Engine Dyno C TC-8790
& Chassis Dyno Test
Laboratory, Pune

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Accreditation Granted to Calibration Laboratories
II. CALIBRATION LABS ACCREDITED IN THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER 2019
S. Name of the Laboratory Disciplin Certificate
No. e No.
1. Mass Laboratory, National Institute M CC-3084
of Metrology, Myanmar
2. ELGI Equipments Limited - M CC-3085
Metrology Lab, Coimbatore
3. Arka Lab Services Pvt. Ltd., M, T CC-3086
Bengaluru
4. Apex Calibration Laboratory (Unit M, T CC-3087
II), Gurgaon
5. GE India Industrial Pvt. Ltd. M CC-3088
Calibration Laboratory, Pune
6. Meso Instruments, Chennai ET, T CC-3089
7. Harshman Calibration Lab, Mumbai M CC-3090
8. Iranian Research Organisation for ET, M, T CC-3091
Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran
9. Inel Gas Controls Private Limited, FF CC-3092
Vadodara
10. Horizon Techno Labs, Hyderabad M, T CC-3093
11. Yodha Manufacturing & Equipments M, FF CC-3094
Pvt. Ltd - Calibration Laboratory,
Chennai
12. PSR Labs, Hyderabad M, T CC-3095

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Accreditation Granted to Medical Testing Laboratories
III. MEDICAL LABS ACCREDITED IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2019
S. Name of the Laboratory Discipline Certificate
No. Nos
1. Specialist Clinic & Diagnostic - A CB, CP, HI MC-3275
Unit of Banerjee Healthcare
Services Pvt. Ltd. (Department of
Pathology), Kolkata
2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, CB, CP, HI, MC-3276
Manipal Hospital Whitefield (A Unit MS, CY, HP
of Manipal Health Enterprises
Private Ltd), Bengaluru
3. Life Care Point Laboratory, H MC-3277
Ghaziabad
4. Rapidx, A Unit of Cauro Diagnostics CB MC-3278
Private Limited, Gurgaon
5. Chandigarh Diagnostic CB, H MC-3279
Laboratories, Mohali
6. Clinix Health Services Private CB, CP, H MC-3280
Limited, Chengalpattu
7. Wellness Path Care India LLP, CB, CP, H MC-3281
Chandigarh
8. iGenetic Diagnostics Private CB, CP, H, MC-3282
Limited, Nagpur MIDS
9. Igenetic Diagnostics Private CB, CP, H, MC-3283
Limited, Kolhapur MIDS
10. Western Diagnostic Centre Private CB, CP, H MC-3284
Limited (Department of Pathology),
Kolkata
11. SRL, HIV Testing Laboratory, MIDS MC-3285
Kottayam
12. Sri Sai Labs, Chennai CB, CP, H MC-3286
13. Department of Laboratory Medicine CB, CP, H, MC-3287
- Kiran Hospital, Surat MIDS, CY, HP
14. Unipath Specialty Laboratory CB, CP, H, MC-3288
Limited, Jaipur MIDS, CY, HP
15. Global Diagnostics, Hyderabad CB, CP, H MC-3289
16. PRG Health Care LLP CB MC-3290
(Department of Laboratory
Services), Barrackpore
17. Primus Health Care Private Limited CB, CP, H, MC-3291
– Laboratory, New Delhi MIDS

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Accreditation granted to Integrated Laboratories
IV. INTEGRATED LABS ACCREDITED IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
2019
S. Name of the Laboratory Discipline Certificate
No. Nos
1. Export Inspection Agency - Kolkata, Chemical TC-8753
Bhubaneswar, Laboratory, Testing
Bhubaneswar Biological
Testing

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