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(a) Classify the various categories of food processing units according to Food Product Order (1955) of Government of India? (b) Explain the main features of cold chain scheme of Government of India? |
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Answer» (a) Categories of fruit processing units According to Fruit Products Order (1955) of the Govt. of India, the fruit processing units are categorized as under depending upon the installed capacity and requirement of minimum area for processing (Table 1). Table 1: Categorization of fruit processing units and requirement of area.
(b) Cold Chain Scheme:- Launched by Govt. of India to provide integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure facilities without any break from the farmer’s field to the consumer. It covers pre-cooling facilities at production sites, reefer vans, mobile cooling units as well as value addition centres which includes infrastructural facilities like Processing, Multi-line Processing or Collection Centres, etc. for horticulture and other allied agricultural produce. |
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