Standardisation and Grading

Promotion of Standardisation and Grading of
Agricultural and Allied Produce

Commodity Coverage : 205 Number.

Quality Grading and Certification for :

Farm Level Grading :

Quality Certification Mark : AGMARK
Acts as   : Third Party Guarantee to Quality Certified.
Legal Backup : Agricultural Produce(Grading and Marking ) Act, 1937 as ammended in 1986.

 

Agricultural  Produce Grading and Marking Act, 1937 English Hindi
Schedule Appended to AP (G&M) Act  1937
General Grading and Marking Rules, 1988
Commodity Grading and Marking Rules
List of commodities for which Agmark Grade Standards have been formulated and notified under  the
      Agricultural Produce (G&M) Act  1937
Organic Certification
Manual on Standards of Paddy
Manual on Standards of Wheat
Manual on Standards of Maize
Manual on Standards of Mustard and Rapeseed
 
AGMARK STANDARDS
 
            Pulses English  Hindi
            Cereals, 1966
            Cereals, 2000 English  Hindi

            Essential Oils

            Makhana English  Hindi

            Vegetable Oils English  Hindi

            Fruits & Vegetables
            Fruits ands Vegetables G&M Rules,2010 English  Hindi
            Roasted Bengal Gram
            Vermicelli, Macroni & Spaghetti English  Hindi
            Oil Seeds
 
Vegetable Oil Cakes Grading and Marking Rules
Fatspread Grading and Marking Rules
Vanaspati Grading and Marking Rules
Blended EdibleVegetable Oils Grading and Marking Rules
Fruits and Vegetables Grading and Marking (Amendment) Rules, 2007
Notification of Vegetable Oils Grading and Marking(Amendment) Rules, 2009
Sattu Grading and Marking Rules, 2007
 
Fibre Crops Grading and Marking Rules
            Sann Hemp  
            Palmyra Fibre  
            Cotton
            Aloe Fibre
            Jute
 
Edible Nuts Grading and Marking Rules
            Arecanuts
            Cashew Kernels
            Water Chestnuts

            Walnuts

            Raw cashewnuts

            Groundnuts

             Coconut
 
Live Stock  Grading and Marking Rules
            Animal Casings     Hides
             Bristles     Raw Meat (Chilled or Frozen)
             Creamery Butter     Skins
             Ghee     Table Eggs
            Goat Hair     Wool
 
Agricultural & allied Products (Miscellaneous) Grading and Marking Rules
            Tobacco   Senna Leaves & Pods   Papain   Tabacco   
         (Commercial)
            Sugarcane Gur 
                  (Jaggery)
  Tapioca Products
        (Animal Feed)
  Tapioca Sago   Tamarind Seeds &
         Powder
            Bura Sugar   Honey English  Hindi   Isubgol Husk   Mahua English  Hindi
            Lac   Sheekakai   Guar Gum   Cocoa Powder
            Myrobalan   Kangra Tea   Gum Karaya   Cocoa Beans
            Tendu (Bidi
                  Wrapper) Leaf
  Agar Agar   Catechu   Dried Tamarind &
         Powder
             Dessicated  
                  Coconut
  Tamarind(with Seed)   Amla   Puwad Seeds English  Hindi

  Karanj Seeds

  Jatropha SeedsEnglish  Hindi

  Guar

Spices Grading and Marking Rules
            Spices     Sun Dried Raw Mango Slices And Powder
             Ajowan Seeds (Whole And Powdered)     Compounded Asafoetida
             Caraway And Black Caraway English  Hindi     Nutmeg
             Mace     Curry Powder
             Seedless Tamarind     Saffron
            Cloves     Tejpat
            Mixed Masala Powders     Poppy Seeds

Guidelines for grant of Certificate of Authorization for grading and marking of
       De-centralized commodities under Agmark for internal trade

Guidelines for grant of Certificate of Authorization for grading and marking of centralized 
       commodities under Agmark for internal trade

Guidelines for the approval of State Grading Laboratory or Cooperative/Association
       Laboratory/Private Commercial Laboratory for the grading and marking of centralized
       commodities under Agmark

Guidelines for permission to a printing press for undertaking printing of Agmark replica

Guidelines for approval of laboratories for matters relating to Organic certification and grading and marking of agricultural commodities for exports

Instructions for grant of Certificate of Authorisation and Certificate of Agmark Grading for exports of Onions
Instructions for grant of Certifcate of Authorisation and Certificate of Agmark Grading for exports of Grapes
Instructions for grant of Certifcate of Authorisation and Certificate of Agmark Grading for exports of Pomegranates
Instructions for Grading and Marking of Blended Edible Vegetable Oils under Agmark
Laboratories approved for the grading and marking of fruits and vegetables for export
Processing  Fee for grant/renewal of C.A and other permissions related to grading
Training Charges of Chemist
Agmark Grading Charges for Domestic and Export Grading 
Cotton Classing Scheme for Grading
Testing, Research and Standardisation Facilities
Analysis of Samples of Agricultural Commodities in Regional Agmark Laboratories on
       Payment Basis
Addresses of Regional Agmark Laboratories
Common Adultrants/ Contaminants in Food and Simple Screening Tests for their
       detection.
 Guidelines for establishing Grading Laboratories for Foodgrains, Cereals, Oilseeds and
       Spices
 Redessal Mechanism

                                                

Codex Standards    PFA Standards