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Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) is one of the four departments under the ministry of Agriculture and cooperatives (MOAC) of Government of Nepal (GON). It was established in 1961 A.D. as Department of Food and placed in Singa Darwar, which later in 1965 was sifted to the present location of Barbarmahal, Kathmandu.In 1966, the Department of Food then was renamed as Food Research Laboratory. The laboratory later in 1980 was again converted to Central Food Research Laboratory and known by this name until it became the present department as Department of Food Technology and Quality Control in 2000 under MOAC, as mentioned earlier.

Department of Food Technology and Quality Control has the following Divisions/ Sections.

Food Quality Control Division
Food Technology Development and Training Division
Central Food Laboratory
National Nutrition Program
SPS Enquiry Point