The availability of healthy, nutritious food in the market comes under every citizen’s ‘ Right of food’.

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) is one of the three departments under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of the Government of Nepal (GoN) that is responsible for food quality control in the country. It is the only body that has authority over executing food acts in Nepal.

According to the latest report published by DFTQC at the end of year 2019, 10.0% of the food samples taken from market inspection were found to be not complying with the quality standards. The market inspection done by DFTQC showed 29.75% of drinking water samples collected were below quality standards. The inspection was carried out in 41 districts of Nepal, covering all geographical regions of the country. The inspection carried out focused on areas such as product packaging and labelling, ingredients and additives used, storage condition and hygiene maintenance.