AGMARK Certification and Registration Procedure in India

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AGMARK is a certification mark employed on agricultural products in India, assuring that they conform to a set of standards approved by the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, an agency of the Government of India. The term Agmark was coined by joining the words ‘Ag‘ to mean agriculture and ‘mark‘ for a certification mark. This term was introduced originally in the bill presented in the parliament of India for the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act.

The testing done across the state owned laboratories include chemical analysis, microbiological analysis, pesticide residue, and aflatoxin analysis. The state-owned Agmark laboratories located across the nation which act as testing and certifying centres. In addition to the “Central AGMARK Laboratory (CAL)” in Nagpur, there are “Regional AGMARK Laboratories (RALs)” in 11 nodal cities (Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Kochi, Guntur, Amritsar, Jaipur, Rajkot, Bhopal).

The object of crafting this article is to provide detail information about how to get the AGMARK and step-by-step guidelines for registration process.

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List Of Commodities Fall Under AGMARK

Currently near 213 items from different categories of agricultural products falls under Agmark. the list of these items are as follows:

Fruits & Vegetables

1. Apples

2. Banana

3. Grapes

4. Mango

5. Pineapple

6. Plums

7. William Pears

8. Oranges

9. Lemons

10. Sweet Limes

11. Sour Limes

12. Grape fruits

13. Ware Potato

14. Seed Potato

15. Onions

16. Dried edible mushrooms

17. Canned/Bottled fruits

and fruit products

18. Mandarins

19. Guavas

20. Litchi

21. Pomegranate

22. Ribbed Celery

23. Headed Cabbages

24. Brussels sprouts

25. Tomato

26. Papaya

27. Shelling Peas

28. Sugar Snap Peas

29. Spinach

30. Strawberries

31. Cherries

32. Melons

33. Watermelon

34. Beans

35. Cauliflowers

36. Pears

37. Okra

38. Chillies

39. Capsicum

40. Sapota

41. Custard apple

42. Gherkins

43. Carrots

44. Amla

45. Bitter Gourd

46. Snake Gourd

47. Bottle Gourd

48. Cabbage

49. Sponge Gourd

50. Cucumbers

51. Aubergines

Food grains & allied products

1. Paddy

2. Wheat

3. Jowar

4. MaizSpices & Condiments e

5. Barley

6. Bajra

7. Ragi

8. Rice

9. Basmati Rice (export)

10. Red Gram

11. Green Gram

12. Black Gram

13. Bengal Gram

14. Lentil

15. Moth

16. Peas

17. Wheat Atta

18. Suji

19. Maida

20. Bread Wheat Flou

21. Besan (Gram Flour)

22. Wheat Porridge (Dalia)

23. Roasted Bengal Gram

24. Vermicelli

25. Macaroni

26. Spaghetti

27. Rajma

28. Lobia

29. Kabuli chana

30. Sattu

Spices & Condiments

1. Chillies

2. Turmeric

3. Cardamom

4. Pepper

5. Celery seed

6. Cumin

7. Poppy Seed

8. Ajowain

9. Saffron

10. Garlic

11. Ginger

12. Coriander

13. Fennel

14. Fenugreek

15. Curry powder

16. Compounded asafetida

17. Seedless Tamarind

18. Sundried raw mango slices

19. Sundried raw mango powder

20. Nutmeg

21. Tejpat

22. Clove

23. Mace

24. Large Cardamom

25. Mixed Masala

26. Caraway and Black Caraway

27. Cumin Black (Kalonji)

Edible Nuts

1. Arecanuts

2. Walnuts

3. Cashew Kernels

4. Raw Cashew nuts

5. HPS Ground nuts

6. Water chestnuts

7. Coconuts

8. Ball Copra and Cup Copra

Oil Seeds

1. Groundnuts

2. Rapeseeds

3. Mustard Seeds

4. Taramira Seeds

5. Sesamum Seeds

6. Niger Seed

7. Linseed

8. Safflower Seed

9. Sunflower Seed

10. Cotton Seed

11. Mahua Seed

12. Salseed

13. Ambadi seed

14. Castor seed

15. Soybeans

16. Karanja seeds

17. Jatropha seeds

Vegetable Oils & Fats

1. Groundnut Oil

2. Mustard Oil

3. Sesame Oil

4. Coconut Oil

5. Niger Seed Oil

6. Sal Seed Oil (Fat)

7. Linseed Oil

8. Safflower seed oil

9. Cotton Seed Oil

10. Rice bran oil

11. Castor oil

12. Vanaspati

13. Blended Edible Vegetable oil

14. Sun Flower Seed Oil

15. Maize Corn Oil

16. Mahua oil (Mowrah oil)

17. Soyabean Oil

18. Fat Spread.

19. Palm Oil and Palmolein

Oil Cakes

1. Groundnut oil cake

2. Cotton seed oil cake

3. Linseed oil cake

4. Mustard seed oil cake

5. Sesamum oil cake

6. Coconut oil cake

7. Safflower oil cake

8. Niger seed oil cake

Essential Oils

1. Sandalwood oil

2. Lemon grass oil

3. Palmarosa oil

4. Gingergrass oil

5. Oil of Vetiver (Khus)

6. Oil of vetiver roots (cultivated)

7. Eucalyptus oil

8. Himalayan cedarwood oil

Fibre Crops

1. Cotton

2. Jute (raw)

3. Sannhemp

4. Palmyra fibre

5. Aloe fibre

Livestock, Dairy, Poultry Products

1. Wool

2. Bristles

3. Goat Hair

4. Hides

5. Skins

6. Animal casings

7. Raw Meat (Chilled/Frozen)

8. Table eggs

9. Creamery butter

10. Ghee

Other Items

1. Honey

2. Bura

3. Sugar Cane gur (jaggery)

4. Agar-Agar

5. Kangra Tea

6. Isubgol husk

7. Papain

8. Catechu

9. Senna leaves

10. Senna pods

11. Guar gum

12. Gum Karaya

13. Myrobalan

14. Tendu Leaves

15. Sheekakai Powder

16. Lac

17. Tobacco

18. Tamarind (with seed)

19. Tamarind Seed and powder

20. Tapioca sago (sabudana)

21. Tapioca products (Animal feed).

22. Desiccated Coconut

23. Cocoa Powder

24. Cocoa Beans25. Makhana

26. Sheekakai pods

27. Mahua Flower28. Amla dried and Powder29. Puwad Seeds30. Guar SeedsAgmark Certification Process:

AGMARK Certification and Registration Procedure:

The certification scheme is implemented through 11 Regional Offices,27 Sub Offices, 11 Regional Agmark Laboratories and Central Agmark Laboratory (Apex laboratory) of the Directorate. Out of twelve laboratories , 08 laboratories at Nagpur , Mumbai, Chennai ,Kochi ,Kolkata , Delhi, Jaipur and Kanpur have been accredited with the National Accreditation Board for testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) as per the International Standard ISO 17025.

Persons desirous of grading and certifying a notified agricultural commodity under Agmark can apply to the nearest field office of the DMI. The application form and list of required documents can be obtained from the nearest field office or from the DMI website http://dmi.gov.in by clicking the icon ‘Agmark’.
Persons desirous of grading and certifying a notified commodity under Agmark should have necessary infrastructure to process the commodity and have access to an approved laboratory for grading or can have their own laboratory. Such persons can apply to the concerned office of the DMI and Certificate of Authorization is granted after verification of the necessary infrastructure.
The approved Chemist tests the raw material and the processed commodity before getting it packed in a suitable packing material/containers.
The field officers of DMI keep regular check on the commodity graded and certified under Agmark by drawing check samples from packers’ premises and market.
These check samples are analyzed in Regional Agmark Laboratories and action deemed fit is taken if the graded commodity is found not conforming to the prescribed standards

To get more information Visit DMI official website

Agmark Certification on fruits and vegetables

Persons wishing for of obtaining Agmark Certification on fruits and vegetables Under Agmark for export should have valid Certificate of Authorisation (C.A.) for grading of Fruits and vegetables. Provisions contained in Fruits and Vegetables shall be applicable.

Procedure for grant of C.A.

Persons desirous of obtaining C.A. for grading fruits and vegetables under Agmark for exports shall apply to the concerned office of Directorate of Marketing & Inspection (DMI) in the prescribed Proforma – I.
Necessary documents as prescribed in Annex-A shall be enclosed with the application.
Applicant for grant of C.A. can have his own premises. He can also use common facilities of APMC pack houses, Private/Coop pack houses etc. Minimum requirements in the premises are given in Annex-B. Details of such arrangements shall be given with the Application. Details of such arrangements may not be given by APEDA approved pack houses.
Concerned office of the DMI will process the documents, inspect the Proposed premises and grant C.A. within ten days of the receipt of complete Documents. Inspection of the premises is not required in case of APEDA Approved pack houses. In such cases, CA shall be issued within three days Of the receipt of the complete documents.

Requirement of Agmark Application Proceedings

Copy of test report(s), duly authenticated, from independent Agmark recognised laboratory.
Document authenticating establishment of the firm, such as Registration by Company Registrar
State Authority or Memorandum of Article in case Applicant Firm is a Limited Company
Partnership Deed in case the applicant firm is under Partnership.
Name of the products .
Name of the applicant
Name of the Firm/ Company
Address of the Firm/ Company
Sample of the product(in pouch of 500 gm.or 1 kg.
Started Time period of product(specify exact Date/Month/year)
Total gross product in K.g.(for last year)
Turnover of last year