Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (sixth left), chairs a special meeting of the distributive trade in light of the threat of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in Kingston on March 10. At seventh left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence.
State Minister of Industry expresses satisfaction at sufficient levels of foodstuff in light of Coronavirus Disease
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, has expressed satisfaction that key stakeholders in the distributive trade have been ramping up production of foodstuff in light of the threat of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). “All the manufacturers and importers present have indicated that they have at least two to three months’ worth of stock and we expect that there will not be any shortage across the sector especially in critical food items,” Mr. Green said. “We want to indicate to the country that we seem to be fairly secure with...
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