Vanopaj

General Procedures for Sample Submission and Collection of Reports:

Working hours from Monday to Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with break in the afternoon from 1-30 to 2 p.m. except for the govt. Holidays, 2nd and 3rd saturdays.
Sample will be submitted through the office of the Attached Officer during first half of the day from Monday to Friday.
The sample should be properly labelled.
The sample should be submitted in Glass or plastic food grade containers/bags.
The following quantities constitute a sample, unless otherwise specified for the plant material concerned.

Plant material	Sample size
Plant material	Fresh Sample	Dry Sample
Roots, rhizomes and bark	1Kg	250g
Leaves, flowers, seeds and fruit	1Kg	250g
Plant Material for Essential oil Determination	1kg	1kg
Drugs / extracts	500ml (Solution form)	50g
For GC profile	-	10 mg
Essential oil for physico-chemical parameters	-	50 ml

Requirements for Instrumental Methods

Facility	Requirement
GC-FID-ECD	Information on nature of sample, constituents, Boiling points, Melting Points, solubility, Identification/Quantification of the component will be possible only if reference compound is available in the lab stock.
HPLC-UV/VIS	Information on nature of sample, constituents, Boiling points, Melting Points, solubility, In case of Plant samples, only whole fresh/dry samples will be acceptable. Plant powders, extracts or crude drugs will not be accepted in any case. Identification/Quantification of the component will be possible only if reference compound is available in the lab stock.
UV-VIS Spectrophotometer	Nature of component and solvent
Medicinal Plant Identification	Whole plant with leaves and flowers/ Fruits.

Collection of Test Reports:

Honey: 24 hours after submission of the sample from 4-30 to 5.30 PM.

Medicinal & Aromatic Plants: 48 hours after submission of the sample from 4-30
to 5.30 PM.

Aromatic oils: 24 hours after submission of the sample from 4-30 to 5.30 PM.

Commodities: 48 hours after submission of the sample from 4-30 to 5.30 PM.