The Quality Evaluation Laboratory of Spices Board was established in 1989. It provides analytical services to the Indian spice industry, monitors the quality of spices produced and processed in the country and analyse all the samples collected by the Board under the Compulsory inspection on Chillies, Chillies products and Turmeric powder exported from India. The Laboratory also established its first regional Quality Evaluation Laboratory at Mumbai during June 2008. The second regional Quality Evaluation Laboratory is being established at Guntur, Andhrapradesh.

The laboratory is certified by British Standards Institution, U.K. for the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System in 1997, ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System in 1999 and Accreditation under the National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories (NABL) (under the ISO/IEC: 17025) in 2004. The Laboratory activities are fully computerized and linked with network since 1999. The Laboratory is also in the process of providing the web enabled result delivery in the immediate future. The Laboratory is divided into three divisions Viz. Chemistry Lab, Residue Lab and Microbiology Lab for the speedy and efficient handling of the analysis done on various parameters.