Rubber Board to approve private labs for DRC testing

Laboratories will give more facilities to rubber growers for DRC testing

Agency

KOTTAYAM, May 31 2022: The Rubber Board has approved the laboratories functioning in the private sector for the testing of Dry Rubber Content (DRC) of the rubber latex. Dr KN Raghavan, Executive Director, Rubber Board, handed over the certificate of approval to the selected laboratories in a meeting held at Head Office, Kottayam.

P Sudha, Director, training; KC Surendran, Director (Finance) I/C; P Arumugam, Joint Director, Processing and Quality Control; MN Biju, Assistant Quality Control Officer; Siljo Ahraham, Phytochrom Bioscience; Geobin Ritzy George, Rubber Lab and Elvis Mathew, LTR Polymers were present. 

M/s Rubber Labs, Ritzeben Traders, Makkara, Pathanapuram; M/s LTR Polymers, Koratty, Erumeli and M/s Phytochrom Bioscience, Kumaranelloor, Mukkom are the laboratories approved by the Rubber Board for DRC testing. The Rubber Board has approved the laboratories after detailed verification of the technical facilities.

The Engineering and Processing Division of the Board will regularly monitor the performance of these laboratories.

The Rubber Board proposes to approve more private laboratories for DRC testing in the other parts of Kerala and Northeastern regions. Accreditation of such laboratories will give more facilities to the rubber growers for DRC testing.