Dermon Spence(right) chief technical director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, shares a light moment with (l-r) Diego Varela of the Chilean Agency for Food Safety (ACHIPIA); His Excellency, Roberto Alvarez of the Embassy of Chile in Jamaica and Dr Michel Leporati, President of the Codex Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean at the closing event for the project entitled ‘Strengthening the Functioning of the National Codex Structure in Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia and Suriname’, held Wednesday, September 6 at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.
Ministry stresses importance of food safety and adherence to international food standards
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is once again stressing the importance of food safety and an adherence to globally recognised standards. The reminder was issued by Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Mr Dermon Spence, as he addressed regional stakeholders in the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the international body that sets food standards and guidelines, in Kingston on Wednesday, September 6. “The adherence to international food safety and food standards is absolutely essential and must be embraced by regulators, producers and consumers,” Spence said. The...
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