The Indian food testing market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 11.3 percent and is estimated to reach $26.4 million by 2024. With the growing food sector, awareness amongst consumers towards quality food consumption is also evolving. This rising awareness amongst the consumers in order to maintain the safety of the food has strengthened the demand for food testing labs in the country. One such company that is serving the food testing market since 2009 is Nexus Test Labs, established by Vijaya Simha Reddy, Devaraj and Uday Chaitanya, which offers a wide range of services such as Food, environmental Monitoring Tests, Environmental Impact Assessments, Pollution Control Management plans in the environment.
"Today, the food testing market has grown drastically compared to 2009-10. Food safety is a major focus in Nexus test labs. Numerous agents of diseases, pathogens, are readily transmitted via food, water and air, including bacteria and viruses but still in our country, only 15-18 percent of the market might know about the availability of food testing labs in India. To ensure safety of food products, microbiological tests such as testing for pathogens and spoilage organisms are required. We follow the Indian Standard for identifying them and to create awareness among the people about food safety and contamination, the government has come up with various new policies" states Vijaya Simha Reddy.
Nexus Test Labs provides environmental monitoring like Ambient Air Quality, Stack Monitoring, Noise Monitoring Speaking of which Devaraj and Uday says, "In every company or industry one or the other in-house gas will be emitted, so, we examine the indoor air quality as per the standard methods. If there is any contamination present in the air, we suggest the required measures that can be taken to purify the air. Every company has its own policy of testing air quality. Eventually, the quality standards in the country need to be increased".
Nexus Test Labs is doing phenomenal in the food and environmental testing by Achieving, Maintaining, Improving Accuracy, Timeliness and Reliability by providing testing services to
"Today, the food testing market has grown drastically compared to 2009-10. Food safety is a major focus in Nexus test labs. Numerous agents of diseases, pathogens, are readily transmitted via food, water and air, including bacteria and viruses but still in our country, only 15-18 percent of the market might know about the availability of food testing labs in India. To ensure safety of food products, microbiological tests such as testing for pathogens and spoilage organisms are required. We follow the Indian Standard for identifying them and to create awareness among the people about food safety and contamination, the government has come up with various new policies" states Vijaya Simha Reddy.
Nexus Test Labs provides environmental monitoring like Ambient Air Quality, Stack Monitoring, Noise Monitoring Speaking of which Devaraj and Uday says, "In every company or industry one or the other in-house gas will be emitted, so, we examine the indoor air quality as per the standard methods. If there is any contamination present in the air, we suggest the required measures that can be taken to purify the air. Every company has its own policy of testing air quality. Eventually, the quality standards in the country need to be increased".
Nexus Test Labs is doing phenomenal in the food and environmental testing by Achieving, Maintaining, Improving Accuracy, Timeliness and Reliability by providing testing services to
major companies across the country. Apart from Bangalore, Nexus Test Labs has its services spread across other cities like Pune, Delhi, Chennai, and Hyderabad. With its team of skilled professionals who are always ready to meet the requirements of the customers. Nexus Test Labs has served more than 500 companies from various firms like schools, hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry, IT companies and many more. Nexus Test Labs has also offered its services to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd, Bangalore International Airport and many more MNC's.
Vijay Says Nexus Test Labs is an ISO 9001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 17025:2017 (NABL) certified Organisation. The firm has provided certificates for more than 100 food supplying vendors. Nexus Test Labs conducts the tests by following the guidelines of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) for food, Indian Standards, and United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for Soil and air pollution monitoring. For testing the drinking water Nexus Test Labs follows the standards of World Health Organization (WHO), Indian Standards(IS) and also they use American Public Health Association (APHA) methodologies for water management.
Uday elucidates, "Our USP is unlike any other laboratories, we test the samples, provide reports to respected companies. Our consultants and experts take a survey of the company premises, identify the pain points and educate the company officials about the measures that can be taken to eliminate the contamination. Water testing is a new and very different way of testing the quality of the water. We are trying to expand our operations across India, not only in major or metro cities but also across remote places of the country because of rise in pollution. In the years to come, we want to explore the opportunities and grow".
Vijay Says Nexus Test Labs is an ISO 9001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 17025:2017 (NABL) certified Organisation. The firm has provided certificates for more than 100 food supplying vendors. Nexus Test Labs conducts the tests by following the guidelines of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) for food, Indian Standards, and United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for Soil and air pollution monitoring. For testing the drinking water Nexus Test Labs follows the standards of World Health Organization (WHO), Indian Standards(IS) and also they use American Public Health Association (APHA) methodologies for water management.
Nexus Test Labs is doing phenomenal in the food and environmental testing by Achieving, Maintaining, Improving Accuracy, Timeliness and Reliability by providing testing services to major companies across the country
Uday elucidates, "Our USP is unlike any other laboratories, we test the samples, provide reports to respected companies. Our consultants and experts take a survey of the company premises, identify the pain points and educate the company officials about the measures that can be taken to eliminate the contamination. Water testing is a new and very different way of testing the quality of the water. We are trying to expand our operations across India, not only in major or metro cities but also across remote places of the country because of rise in pollution. In the years to come, we want to explore the opportunities and grow".
