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December 2016
 

23 December 2016

Courtesy Call

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 23 Dec 2016    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right) welcoming Jamaica's Ambassador to China, Mr. Antonio Hugh during a courtesy call at the Ministry's New Kingston office on Thursday, December 22, 2016.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda.

No Evidence of Plastic in Rice Samples Tested So Far

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 23 Dec 2016    communications   
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica has indicated that there is no indication of contamination in the fifty- five (55) samples of rice that it has tested to date. The samples of both cooked and uncooked rice were collected from nine (9) locations across the island and included those taken from a complainant who appeared in a CVM TV news report on Friday, December 16. The samples were subjected to starch, moisture content, floating and flame tests as well as Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analyses. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda says the...


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The Ministry

Welcome to the official website of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce.

The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is described as Jamaica's "Business Ministry." It's mandate is to lead the development of policies that will create growth and jobs, while achieving social inclusion and consumer protection. The Ministry, working its stakeholders is primarily responsible for business policy development, monitoring and evaluation, while giving direction and oversight to a cluster of implementing departments and agencies.

We have, therefore, placed much energy and enthusiasm into the development of this website to provide timely information on the Ministry, our agencies and programmes.

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