The Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) on December 02, 2020 has issued the Guidelines on empanelment of assayers/ assaying agencies or firms.
The following are the objectives of the guidelines:
• These guidelines seek to promote well defined assaying activities in warehouses.
• This shall be done through trained persons having expertise in assaying of agricultural or horticultural commodities.
• These guidelines define the responsibilities and obligations of an assayer and process for empanelment of assayers.
• Firms or agency formed by qualified and licensed assayers or a firm/agency engaged in undertaking assaying work, employing qualified and licensed assayers shall be empanelled.
• The warehouseman may engage the services of any empanelled Assayer / Assaying Agency or Firm of his choice.
• The empanelled list of assayers is only to aid the warehouseman and is not restrictive in any manner.
• The empanelled assayers will be required on all India basis in all regions so that they could be called upon to provide their services to the warehouse in their proximity.
