Government of Nepal

Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives

Department of Food Technology and Quality Control

Babarmahal, Kathmandu

Government of Nepal

Ministry of Agriculture Development

Department of Food Technology and Quality Control

Regional Food Technology and Quality Control Office

Nepalgunj

Phone No. :-081-521537                                                                                                                                                                Email:- rftqconepalgunj@gmail.com

Regional Food Technology and Quality Control Office was established in 2050 BS at Nepalgunj. It covers the Mid-Western Development Region (MWR) of Nepal which is the largest of the five development regions of Nepal. It’s working area are the 15 districts of this region.  It has food inspection units at Dang, Surkhet, and Bardia. The office mainly focuses on enforcement of Food Act and regulation as well as Feed Act and Regulation.  The office conducts regular inspection and monitoring of food market, hotel, restaurant and food industry. It also conducts trail research for value addition of locally produced agriculture based commodities. It provides export import certification, nutritional training, public awareness about nutrition and food safety and food processing training to encourage entrepreneurship.

Objectives

1.      Maintain safety and quality of food and feed products in the mid-western development region by implementing updated food and feed act and regulations.

2.      Promote entrepreneurship by developing and disseminating appropriate technologies.

3.      Improve nutritional status of the people through food based approaches in mid-western development region.

Major Activities

1.      Food market and industry inspection and monitoring

2.      Basic food processing training

3.      Food and feed sample analysis

4.      Food safety and nutritional training

5.      Import export certification

6.      Issue, renew and recommend food license

7.      Trail research

8.      Consultation services

9.      Consumer awareness about nutrition and food safety

10.  Stakeholder conference

11.  Information broadcasting

12.  Hotel restaurant inspection and monitoring

Staff Details