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GTFL - Arabind Das Speech
By Arabind Das, COO, Godrej Tyson Foods Limited
Tyson Foods USA is one of the world’s largest food companies and has expertise of the
end-to-end of poultry business, backed by customised innovations programme for global
customers and value added foods for a larger consumer base.
Tyson Foods chose to enter India through temperature-controlled cold chain
a joint venture with Godrej Agrovet, one infrastructure. While it has been said that
of India’s leading diversified agri- that India lacks in cold chain
business and animal feed companies. infrastructure, I believe that the
Godrej Agrovet is dedicated to improving Government of India has brought focus
the productivity of Indian farmers by on this area since the 10th Five Year Plan.
innovating products and services that The changes in government policies have
sustainably increase crop and livestock kept pace with technological
yields. advancements that companies have
Godrej Tyson Foods Limited or GTFL was adopted. This includes setting up large
the joint venture company that was set cold stores and using refrigerated
up in May 2008. It manufactures and vehicles with GPS which allows
markets processed poultry and monitoring of temperature during
vegetarian products through two brands transportation or storage.
-- Real Good Chicken and Real Good Such cold chain infrastructure needs a
Yummiez. Real Good Chicken is the continuous supply of high quality power.
flagship brand and offers fresh, chilled This is being met by the availability of
poultry meat. Real Good Yummiez offers grid power and quality power from
a range of ready-to-cook, vegetarian and alternative sources.
non vegetarian snacking products. The adoption of Codex, the international
GTFL has sustainably grown over the last food standards code, by the Food Safety
nine years and expanded its presence to and Standards Authority of India or FSSAI
82 cities across the country. This has been an important step for the food
wouldn’t have been possible without processing industry.
policies, transparent systems and cold
chain infrastructure that we depend
upon. Initiatives
Make in India was one of the first crucial
programmes, which opened up the food
Change in policies
processing sector in a big way. The
Over the years, the Government of India initiative was launched in 2014 and
has ensured ease of business and promised to make India a global food
transparent systems through various processing hub.
initiatives. One such aspect has been
