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Manufacturing Facilities
India Foods, manufacturing unit is based at Rajpipla, Gujarat – a picturesque town located between the cities of Baroda and Ankleshwar.
The Co. follows PFA guidelines as issued by the FDA, Foods Dept. situated at Bharuch. The plant is spread on a huge sprawling 6 acres of plot and is a dedicated facility for manufacturing amonst other foods and beverages – sweetners of different kinds – in tablets, sachets and granules.
Right from the time of Purchasing of Raw and Packing material from the approved list of vendors, the QC at the plant issues clearances towards incoming material and only once cleared that the materials are towed into the respective RM and PM stores.
Stores :
The stores at the plant are divided into three zones : Raw Material Stores Packing Material Stores A/C Stores – again split into RM and PM stores for storing temperature sensitive Raw Materials as well as for storing Foils.
Manufacturing Section :
To manufacture any batch, the Co. follows an inhouse designed Batch Manufacturing Record ( BMR) that has to be issued – once dispensing operations are completed in presence of IPQC team , material is dispatched for production.
The production team goes thru the various processes of Granulation, Shifting, Mixing, Milling, etc. as the case may be for its products. At every stage yield calculations are carried out, standard input output procedure norms are followed and QC issues an In-process release for the batch to proceed to the next level of manufacturing. The Co. uses equipments like – Fluid Bed Dryer, Drum mixers of 50 kg, 100kg and 200kg capacity, blenders, mass mixers of 200kg capacity, sifters, tray-dryer, etc.
Once in the next level – like – Compression –in case of tablets or Filling – in case of sachets – line clearance is obtained from QC and only then the next stage commences. Currently the Co. is equipped with two tablet compression machines: 1) 16 station rotary – Cadmach machine and 2) 27 station double rotary – Stokes machine Both these machines makes the compression section very fast enabling to deliver about 4-5 lakhs tablets per 8 hr. shift.
Similarly incase of Sachet based products, once the granules are manufactured and cleared by the IP/QC the granules are sent for filling in sachets. The Co. has about 2 sachet filling machines – that can pack a variety of powder fills. The FFS machines for sweetners can pack 0.5g sachets to 1gm sachet. A larger quantity sachet fill is also possible – upto 12gms, 14gms and 25gms.
Packing Department :
Packing of numeric items is done with counters – so there are no shortfalls – along with volumetric counts – to avoid any kind of shortages. Before the final packing Semi Finish Product release is obtained from the QC and again at the packing lines – sorting and physical checking is done.
Once goods are packed and cleared for Dispatch, they are then sent to the Dispatch Room, from where Goods are loaded for their intended destination.
The Co. follows PFA guidelines as issued by the FDA, Foods Dept. situated at Bharuch. The plant is spread on a huge sprawling 6 acres of plot and is a dedicated facility for manufacturing amonst other foods and beverages – sweetners of different kinds – in tablets, sachets and granules.
Right from the time of Purchasing of Raw and Packing material from the approved list of vendors, the QC at the plant issues clearances towards incoming material and only once cleared that the materials are towed into the respective RM and PM stores.
Stores :
The stores at the plant are divided into three zones : Raw Material Stores Packing Material Stores A/C Stores – again split into RM and PM stores for storing temperature sensitive Raw Materials as well as for storing Foils.
Manufacturing Section :
To manufacture any batch, the Co. follows an inhouse designed Batch Manufacturing Record ( BMR) that has to be issued – once dispensing operations are completed in presence of IPQC team , material is dispatched for production.
The production team goes thru the various processes of Granulation, Shifting, Mixing, Milling, etc. as the case may be for its products. At every stage yield calculations are carried out, standard input output procedure norms are followed and QC issues an In-process release for the batch to proceed to the next level of manufacturing. The Co. uses equipments like – Fluid Bed Dryer, Drum mixers of 50 kg, 100kg and 200kg capacity, blenders, mass mixers of 200kg capacity, sifters, tray-dryer, etc.
Once in the next level – like – Compression –in case of tablets or Filling – in case of sachets – line clearance is obtained from QC and only then the next stage commences. Currently the Co. is equipped with two tablet compression machines: 1) 16 station rotary – Cadmach machine and 2) 27 station double rotary – Stokes machine Both these machines makes the compression section very fast enabling to deliver about 4-5 lakhs tablets per 8 hr. shift.
Similarly incase of Sachet based products, once the granules are manufactured and cleared by the IP/QC the granules are sent for filling in sachets. The Co. has about 2 sachet filling machines – that can pack a variety of powder fills. The FFS machines for sweetners can pack 0.5g sachets to 1gm sachet. A larger quantity sachet fill is also possible – upto 12gms, 14gms and 25gms.
Packing Department :
Packing of numeric items is done with counters – so there are no shortfalls – along with volumetric counts – to avoid any kind of shortages. Before the final packing Semi Finish Product release is obtained from the QC and again at the packing lines – sorting and physical checking is done.
Once goods are packed and cleared for Dispatch, they are then sent to the Dispatch Room, from where Goods are loaded for their intended destination.