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Work on food park at Tumkur in Karnataka completed: Rinac

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Engineering solutions company Rinac India has announced the completion of an Integrated Food Park at Tumkur in Karnataka.

The food park was commissioned by the Future Group at an overall cost of Rs 18.6 crore and the project was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"The Food Park is the first of its kind, and a state-of- the-art facility with farm to fork capability. The park offers facilities for dry and wet processing with collection centres and fruit & vegetable processing centres under the same roof," Rinac India said in a statement.

The park has been established in the 9,000 sq meters and comprises of pressurised fruit ripening chambers, packing, grading facilities, ready-to-eat processing facility, quick freezer, chill and frozen Warehouse, pulp storage area and other facilities also, the statement added.
 

This facility is compliant with global industry certifications such as US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Good manufacturing practices (GMP).

"The Food Park has been set up as a public-private participation venture by our Future Group and the Centre and the Karanataka Government. The Food Park will act as the back- end kitchen and 'Farm-to-Fork' link for the Group's food business," Future Group Chairman Kishore Biyani said.

Rinac an integrated engineering solutions company deals in warehouses, rack assisted storage, mezzanine assisted storage and others.

The company is currently in the process of executing another two food parks and six integrated cold chain projects across the country.

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First Published: Oct 08 2014 | 8:10 PM IST

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