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Fruit and Vegetable Processing

Processing helps to raise net levels of rural incomes by generating employment opportunities in rural areas. Major processed items are fruit juices and pulps, ready-serve beverages, canned fruits and vegetables, jams, jellies, marmalades, pickles and chutneys. Export of fruit and vegetable products was 48,900 tonnes valued at Rs.73. Crores during the corresponding period of 1989.

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Fruit and Vegetable Processing

Processing helps to raise net levels of rural incomes by generating employment opportunities in rural areas. Major processed items are fruit juices and pulps, ready-serve beverages, canned fruits and vegetables, jams, jellies, marmalades, pickles and chutneys. Export of fruit and vegetable products was 48,900 tonnes valued at Rs.73. Crores during the corresponding period of 1989.

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FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROCESSING

1. Processing plays an important role in the conservation and effective utilisation


of available food supply as also in influencing dietary habits. Besides reducing
wastages/Losses of food crops, processing helps to raise net levels of rural incomes
by generating employment opportunities in rural areas. Processing enlarges the
demand base for farm products and thereby helps in stabilising farm prices and
incomes. Fruit and vegetable processing is a core activity of the Ministry of Food
Processing Industries.

INSTALLED CAPACITY AND UTILISATION

1. The total installed capacity of fruit & vegetable processing industry has been
increasing steadily and is estimated to be 8.94 lakh tonnes as at the end of December,
1990 as compared to estimated capacity of 7.08 lakh tonnes at the end of December,
1989.

2. The major processed items are fruit juices and pulps, ready-to-serve beverages
(fruit based drinks), canned fruits and vegetables, jams, jellies, marmalades, pickles
and chutneys, preserved and candied fruits and vegetables, sherbets, dehydrated
vegetables and tomato products. More recently, products like frozen vegetables
frozen pulps, freeze-dried vegetables, fruit juice concentrates, fruit bars and tomato
paste etc. (are being manufactured in the fruit & vegetable processing industry).

EXPORTS

3. During the period January to December, 1990 the export of fruit & vegetable
products was 48,900 tonnes valued at Rs.73.67 crores as compared to 63,967 tonnes
valued at Rs.79.48 crores during the corresponding period of 1989. The main reason
for decline in the quantity of export is failure of mango crop and consequently high
prices of mangoes. The major items of export were fruit juices, pulps, jams, pickles
and chutneys, caned fruits & vegetables, concentrated pulps and juices, dehydrated
vegetables, frozen fruits, frozen pulps and freeze-dried green pepper.

REGULATION AND CONTROL

4. The Ministry administers the Fruit Products Order, 1955 (FPO) issued under
the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. The Order lays down product specifications
and other requirements for quality control on production and marketing of fruit &
vegetable products. Labelling and marketing requirements aimed at protecting the
consumer interests have also been prescribed under the Order. All factory units
coming under the purview of the Order are required to obtain a licence, which is
granted after inspection of the premises to ensure conformity with the provisions of
the Order. Periodic inspections of the factories are carried out by the technical staff
of the Ministry in order to ensure adherence to the quality specifications and the
maintenance of sanitary and hygienic conditions. Samples of fruit & vegetable
products are drawn from the factories as also from the market, to exercise check on
quality as per the specifications laid down in the Order. The total number of licensed
units under FPO increased from 3,629 on 31st December, 1989 to 3,846 on 31st
December, 1990.

4.1 The export of fruit & vegetable products from India is regulated under the
Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963. The consignments of fruit
product intended for export are subjected to pre-shipment inspection whereunder
samples are drawn for analysis to ensure conformity with the FPO/Buyers
specifications. Inplant inspection is carried out to ensure the quality of products in

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