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Media Briefing to Update on the Packaging and Labelling for Sugar in Retail Trade

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda in dialogue with Permanent Secretary, Donovan Stanberry and Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Yvonne Hall at a media briefing to update the country on the packaging and labelling for sugar in retail trade at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Friday, December 30, 2016.

New Brown Sugar Standard Gazetted

The Government has completed the standards governing the packaging and labelling of brown sugar. The Compulsory Standards (Declaration of Standard Specification) (Brown Sugar [Revised]) Order, 2016 was signed by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, on Thursday, December 29 and was gazetted on Friday, December 30, 2016. The new standard revokesContinue reading “New Brown Sugar Standard Gazetted”

Ministerial Order on Frosty Pod Rot of Cocoa Disease Withdrawn

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Karl Samuda has withdrawn the Ministerial Order for the Frosty Pod Rot of Cocoa Disease (Moniliophthora roreri) that was issued in late September under Section 3 of the Plants Quarantine Act 1993. The lifting of the Order follows the recommendation by the Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspection Branch ofContinue reading “Ministerial Order on Frosty Pod Rot of Cocoa Disease Withdrawn”

No Evidence of Plastic in Rice Samples Tested So Far

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 inContinue reading “No Evidence of Plastic in Rice Samples Tested So Far”

Final 2016 Stakeholders Meeting of the Trade Facilitation Task Force

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left) in conversation with Chairman, Trade Board Limited, Mr. Stephen Fong Yee at the Final 2016 Stakeholders Meeting of the Trade Facilitation Task Force held at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Thursday, December 16, 2016.

Minister Samuda Says No Reason to Fear “Fake” Rice

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has moved to allay the fears of Jamaican consumers following reports of an unconfirmed case of plastic contaminated rice in Jamaica. Speaking at a media briefing Tuesday afternoon at the ministry’s 4 St. Lucia Avenue offices, the Agriculture Minister said every effort is being madeContinue reading “Minister Samuda Says No Reason to Fear “Fake” Rice”

Press Conference

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda having a conversation with director, National Compliance and Regulatory Agency (NCRA), Lorice Edwards-Brown (1st left); CEO, Consumer Affairs Commission, Dolsie Allen (2nd left) and CEO, at the NCRA, Orin Henry (3rd left) pior to a press conference to update the country on the Importation ofContinue reading “Press Conference”

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