Fertilizer Testing in India: Ensuring Quality for Bio, Organic, and Chemical Fertilizers Under FCO Guidelines

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Fertilizer Testing in India: Ensuring Quality for Bio, Organic, and Chemical Fertilizers Under FCO Guidelines

  • Sep 06, 2025

Meta Description: Looking for reliable fertilizer testing in India? SWA Enviro offers NABL & MoEFCC-CPCB accredited testing services for organic, bio, and chemical fertilizers including micronutrients, heavy metals, leachate, slurry, and wastewater, fully compliant with FCO standards.

 

Why Fertilizer Testing Is Crucial Today

India is undergoing a major transformation in the agriculture and waste-to-energy sector. With the rise of biomethanation plants, urban composting projects, and bio-CNG units, the byproducts—bio-fertilizers, organic manures, digestate, and slurry—must meet stringent quality parameters. At the same time, chemical fertilizer manufacturers are under regulatory pressure to validate micronutrients, pesticide residues, and heavy metals.

This is where SWA Enviro steps in, offering a comprehensive range of Fertilizer Control Order (FCO) 1985-compliant testing services that ensure product quality, environmental safety, and market credibility.

Whether you’re a:

  • Bio-CNG or biomethanation plant
  • Compost facility
  • Chemical fertilizer manufacturer
  • Organic farming startup
  • Urban solid waste project

—we help you stay compliant, credible, and competitive.

 

What Types of Fertilizers Do We Test?

At SWA Enviro, we test all types of fertilizers and inputs covered under the FCO norms and beyond:

Organic and Bio-Fertilizers:

  • City compost, vermicompost
  • Pressmud from sugar mills
  • Digestate and slurry from biogas plants
  • Farmyard manure (FYM)
  • Liquid biofertilizers (Azospirillum, Rhizobium, PSB, etc.)

Chemical Fertilizers:

  • Urea, DAP, MOP, NPK blends
  • Micronutrient mixtures (Zinc, Boron, Copper, Iron)
  • Customized fertilizers

 Contaminants and Compliance:

  • Heavy Metals: Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury, Chromium
  • Pesticide Residues: OCP, OPP, Pyrethroids (by GC-FID, ECD, NPD)
  • pH, Conductivity, Moisture, Nutrients (NPK)
  • Slurry & Leachate Analysis for use or disposal

 

Why Choose SWA Enviro for Fertilizer Testing?

✔ NABL Accredited & MoEFCC/CPCB Recognized Laboratory

Our lab is fully equipped to carry out testing under the EPA Act, FCO Manual, and CPCB guidelines.

✔ Advanced Instrumentation

  • GC-FID, GC-NPD, GC-ECD – For pesticide profiling
  • ICP-OES, AAS – For metals and micronutrients
  • Kjeldahl, UV-Vis, Titrimetric – For nutrient content

✔ Support Across Lifecycle

  • Raw material, intermediate, and final fertilizer
  • Quality checks before packaging or dispatch
  • Sample pick-up & consulting support

✔ Waste-to-Fertilizer Testing

We specialize in digestate, slurry, compost, and organic waste-derived fertilizer testing, helping projects turn waste into certified agri-inputs.

 

Legal & Regulatory Compliance Covered

We ensure your fertilizers meet the following legal norms:

  • Fertilizer Control Order (FCO) 1985 & Amendments
  • EPA Act, 1986 – For safe leachate/wastewater handling
  • NABL ISO/IEC 17025 testing methods
  • MoEFCC & CPCB Guidelines for waste-derived fertilizers
  • Municipal Solid Waste Rules (for compost and leachate)

 Common Clients We Serve

  • Bio-CNG and Waste-to-Energy Developers
  • Municipal Composting Facilities
  • Fertilizer Manufacturers (Large & Small Scale)
  • Agricultural Input Startups
  • Government and NGO Soil Health Programs

Questions We Help Answer

  • “Can our bio-slurry be certified as fertilizer?”
  • “Is our city compost safe from heavy metals?”
  • “What is the NPK value of our digestate?”
  • “Are our fertilizers free from banned pesticides?”

 

Whether you’re unsure about FCO certification or want to prepare your product for commercial use, SWA Enviro is here to guide and test.

Grow Safely With Certified Fertilizer Testing

Poor-quality or non-compliant fertilizers can harm crops, soil, and your reputation. With SWA Enviro’s testing services, you can:

  • Ensure FCO-compliant fertilizer certification
  • Validate nutrient claims and label accuracy
  • Avoid regulatory penalties and market recalls
  • Gain trust with farmers, government buyers, and agro-retailers

🚀Let’s Turn Waste into Certified Growth

Ready to get your fertilizer product tested?

📍 Visit: www.swaenviro.com
📧 Contact our team for NABL accredited fertilizer testing lab in India.

SWA Enviro – Your Partner for Sustainable & Compliant Agriculture Inputs