date:Jul 04, 2019
have quarantine laboratories. However, many of them do not have proper equipment to test the chemicals present in the farm items. While the labs can test for chemicals on the surface of the farm produce, they are not able to ascertain if the edibles might contain chemicals inside, said Bhattarai.
It is saidthat apart from the quarantine check posts, the ministry has been operating the Rapid Bioassay for Pesticide Residue Laboratory (RBPR) in seven locationsKalimati, Birtamod, Malangwa, Nepalgu