What distinguishes Mega Food Parks from standalone processing units?

• A. They are smaller in scale than standalones
• B. They operate without shared facilities
• C. They provide centralized, shared infrastructure and a cluster of units
• D. They are limited to export-only units

Answer: (C)

Mega Food Parks are designed as a cluster with centralized, shared infrastructure that multiple food processing units use. This means a large park provides common facilities—such as testing labs, cold storage, quality control, effluent treatment, common processing lines, power, water, warehousing, and logistics—accessible to all tenant units. This shared backbone lowers individual setup costs, enables scale, and helps ensure consistent standards across the park. Standalone processing units, on the other hand, operate independently with their own facilities and do not benefit from this shared infrastructure or the cluster approach. The statement about export-only units isn’t a defining feature, as Mega Food Parks can host units serving domestic and/or export markets.