Our plant is located about 7 kilometers south of Cochin fishing harbor and 10 kilometers from the Cochin port. The plant has two cold storages having a combined storing capacity of 400 tons. There are 3 blast freezers each having 10 tons capacity and 2 plate freezer each having a 16 tons capacity. We have other facilities like water treatment plant, flake ice plant and insulated trucks for transporting raw materials. A well equipped laboratory for testing microbiological, physical and chemical parameters of the product is also available. We also do sample test of our products at external laboratories of international repute.
The processing methods used are individual freezing and block freezing. Blast freezer is used for individual freezing. The duration of freezing is 5-8hrs till the core attains -18 Celsius or below. Horizontal Plate freezer is used for block freezing. The products are kept in trays for a duration of 90 minutes of freezing till the materials become hard frozen and achieve a core temperature of -18 degree Celsius or below. The frozen products are then unloaded in the packing room and packed in master cartons/p.p bags. The packed products are stored in cold storage maintained at -18 degree Celsius or below. House stuffing facility is also available in the processing unit. To ensure safety and quality of products, the management is committed towards implementing and maintaining HACCP based system throughout the process chain. The processing activities are supervised by a team of professionally qualified and experienced technicians. |