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Scope Certificate Certificate No. ORG/SC/2102/000616 SKRM FOODS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED C/O SHREE KRISHNA RICE MILL, NADANA ROAD, Taraori, Karnal, Haryana-132116 Accreditation No.under NPOP NPOP/NAB/0016 This is to certify that the product(s) and area(s) of the mentioned organisation inspected by TQ Cert Services Private Limited (formerly FoodCert India Private Limited) are in accordance with requirements of India's National Programme for Organic Production Standards (Considered equivalent to Council regulation (EC)No. 834/2007(Category A & F) and Swiss Organic Farming Ordinance for unprocessed plant products originating in India) For the following process, Processing this Certificate is issued. This certificate is valid from 29/11/2020 until 28/11/2021 This certificate is valid for those product(s) and area(s) that are specified in the annexe ORG/SC/2102/000616 A. The validity of this certificate solely depends on the continued compliance with the required standards and is subject to annual surveillance inspections. Authorised By: Sampat Suri Chief of Certification Issued Date: 06/02/2021 TQ Cert Services Private Limited (formerly FoodCert India Private Limited), A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Tata Projects Limited 4th floor, Mithona Towers-I 1-7-80 to 87 Prenderghast Road, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana-500003 Accreditation No.under NPOP NPOP/NAB/0016 Certification Characteristics ORG/SC/2102/000616 A Processing Unit Name & Address SKRM FOODS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED,C/O SHREE KRISHNA RICE MILL, NADANA ROAD, Taraori, Karnal, Haryana-132116 FSSAI Licence Number : 10818010000163 having Capacity (in MT/day) 180.000000 Processor Product(s): Product S. No. Processed Product(s) Organic Status Trade Name 1 Basmati Paddy Organic BASMATI PADDY 2 Basmati Paddy (Type 3) Organic BASMATI PADDY 3 Basmati rice Organic ORGANIC BASMATI RICE 4 Broken rice Organic ORGANIC BROKEN RICE 5 Non-Basmati Paddy Organic NON BASMATI PADDY 6 Non-Basmati Rice Organic NON BASMATI RICE 7 Organic Broken Rice Organic ORGANIC BROKEN RICE 8 ORGANIC BROWN PUSA BASMATI RICE Organic ORGANIC PUSA BROWN RICE 9 ORGANIC BROWN TRADITIONAL BASMATI Organic ORGANIC BASMATI BROWN RICE RICE 10 ORGANIC WHITE PUSA BASMATI RICE Organic ORGANIC PUSA WHITE RICE 11 ORGANIC WHITE TRADITIONAL BASMATI Organic ORGANIC BASMATI WHITE RICE RICE 12 Paddy traditional basmati Organic BASMATI PADDY 13 Paddy-Sona Masuri Organic PADDY SONA MASURI 14 Parboiled Basmati Rice Organic PARBOILED BASMATI RICE 15 Parboiled Rice Organic PARBOILED RICE 16 Rice-Sona Masuri Organic RICE SONA MASURI TQ Cert Services Private Limited (formerly FoodCert India Private Limited), A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Tata Projects Limited 4th floor, Mithona Towers-I 1-7-80 to 87 Prenderghast Road, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana-500003.

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