Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Pvt Ltd was awarded International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO 22000:2005) certification by DNV Netherlands for its Kandla Port Tank Farms. The certification was awarded for services like receiving, storage and dispatch of edible oils from the company’s tank farms. With this, Mother Dairy has been recognised as the only farm operator in India to have received this certification.
Speaking on the achievement, Sanjeev Giri, business head, Dhara, Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Pvt Ltd, said, “It’s a very privileged moment for the entire team of Mother Dairy. Being awarded for maintaining such world-class standards with services makes our brand unique, and encourages the team to come forward with more similar efforts in the edible oil segment.”
“With a capacity of 53,000MT and excellent back-up facilities, our edible oil tank farms at Kandla offer the best services and are capable of meeting the requirements in the best possible manner,” he added. Mother Dairy’s Kandla Port Tank Farms involves highly-trained manpower and has a computerised inventory system. With 18 gantry points, it is capable of delivering upto 2,500MT per day in the normal working hours.
The farm has been brought into action keeping in mind, all the necessary requirements, like a huge parking space and modern fire fighting systems. ISO 22000:2005 certification specifies the requirements for a food safety management system, where an organisation in the food chain maintains its ability to control food safety hazards in order to ensure that food is safe at the time of human consumption.
