2. Agmark
• It is a quality certification mark.
• Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act
• AGMARK is a certification mark employed on
agricultural products in India.
• It is having its own mark as shown.
• A product bearing it confirms to a set of
standards set by Directorate of Marketing and
Inspection, an agency of the Government of India .
(What exactly it is)
3. • Quality standards for agricultural commodities
are framed based on their intrinsic quality.
• Standards are being harmonized with
international standards keeping in view the
WTO requirements.
• It can be applied on foods like grains, cereals,
oils,
Milk products, meat products, honey etc
Facts
4. • 'Ag' to mean agriculture and 'mark' for a certification
mark.
• Central AGMARK Laboratory (CAL) is in Nagpur
including some Regional AGMARK Laboratories
(RALs) in 11 nodal cities Mumbai, NewDelhi,
Chennai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Kochi, Guntur, Amritsar, Jaipur
, Rajkot, Bhopal) are present.
• Period of Validity is 5 years.
Facts cont.