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Fruit
and Vegetable Unit was set up in the year
1988 by National Dairy Development Board ,
an institute of national importance, a body
corporate created by Government of India ,
with an objective to provide a direct link
between fruit and vegetable growers and consumers.
The unit has drawn on NDDB's three decades
of dairy sector strengths in designing it's
state of the art large and ultramodern central
distribution facility to handle fresh and
frozen fruit and vegetable.
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Presently
it is an unit of Mother Dairy Foods Processing
Ltd, a wholly owned company of Mother Dairy
Fruit & Vegetable Ltd. In April 2000,
Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Ltd was
created as a subsidiary of NDDB. The processed
products of the unit are marketed with the
brand name 'SAFAL'
Unit
complex is situated on 22 acres of land. It
comprises a prefabricated building consisting
of cold store chambers with different sets
of temperature and humidity conditions suitable
for storage of various fruit and vegetables.
It has controlled atmosphere chambers and
ripening rooms, deep freeze rooms, preparation
hall, processing hall, dispatch hall, reception,
dispatch facilities etc. Material handling
is done in specially designed plastic crates
with the help of forklifts..
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The Unit also initiates
and supports production enhancement activities
at farm, improved pre and post harvest practices,
efficient logistics from farm to the retail
outlets, scientific quality assurance and
education of grower, support staff and consumer.
Production of quality product begins at the
farm level where the grower, in co-operation
with unit officials, work to cultivate and
supply quality produce to the Unit.
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With
the utmost care and dedication, the growers and
Unit officials try to apply their professional knowledge
and skills to give consumers the best return for
their money. Standards are defined for each fruit
and vegetable so as to link price to quality. Procurement
specialists and trained field staff help the farmers
in crop management and protection. Efforts are made
to introduce new seed varieties and scientific methods
of agriculture to increase the yield and improve
the quality of produce.
279 specially designed modern retail outlets have
been set up in and around Delhi to market fresh
and frozen fruit and vegetables, directly to the
consumers. Each shop caters to large number of customers,
with a capacity to sell 1,600 kilos of fruit and
vegetables a day. The shops are equipped with electronic
machines that automatically weigh the produce and
print item wise bills. Unit also manufactures products
such as Jam, Squash , Ketchup etc at its Ramgarh
unit. Fruit & Vegetable Unit is IS/ISO-9002:1994
/ DIN EN ISO 9002: 1994 & HACCP Certified Organization.
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