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Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Andrene Collings (centre), along with (from left) Director General, MICAF, Vivian Brown; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation, Sharonmae Shirley; Quality Infrastructure Coordinator, Junior Gordon; ISO Ambassador, ISO Quality Systems Division, MICAF, Reginald Budhan; Coordinator, Strategic Public Sector Transformation Programme, Othneil Hemans; and Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Stephen Wedderburn, at the National Quality Policy Final Validation Workshop, held at the Terra Nova Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. The National Quality Policy 2017 articulates the Government’s position on the quality of goods and services produced and consumed in Jamaica.

Jamaicans Encouraged to Support National Quality Policy

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 07 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown, has encouraged Jamaicans to support the Government’s National Quality Policy 2017, as it aims to increase the nation’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) and export earnings. According to Mr. Brown, the new policy will help with quality upgrading of locally produced goods and services to internationally required standards, not only for local consumers but for the export market. “Quality upgrading of our producers, large and small, not only improves our products and services to meet increasing...


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Day two of the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

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 06 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Karl Samuda (left) greets Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 on day two of the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean being held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Rose Hall, Montego Bay. All 33 Member States are in attendance at the Conference which is examining the central themes of Zero Hunger, Obesity and Rural Development.


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DG, FAO, Jose Graziano da Silva (left) delivers Statement to the Ministerial Session at the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

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 06 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jose Graziano da Silva (left) delivers a Statement to the Ministerial Session on day two of the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean being held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Rose Hall, Montego Bay from March 5-8, 2018. Others in photo are Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Chairman of the Conference, the Hon. Karl Samuda (centre) and Eve Crowley (right) Deputy Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean and FAO Representative in Chile. In his...


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Historic FAO Conference

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 05 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left) greets Eve Crowley (seated) Deputy Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean and FAO Representative in Chile, at the opening session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean on March 5, 2018 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Montego Bay. Looking on at left is Antonio Sa Ricarte, Deputy Representative, Minister Counselor, Brazil/Conference Rapporteur, and Permanent Secretary, MICAF, Donovan Stanberry (right). The conference is shaping up to be one of the largest to...


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Alfred Barrett (2nd left), Jamaica Citrus Protection Officer Plant Quarantine, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), discusses the different varieties of citrus available with (from left) Courtney Cole, Chief Technical Director for Special Projects, MICAF; Patricia Smikle, Horticulturist, Post Entry Quarantine and Dr. Peta-Gaye Chang, Chief Post Entry Officer, both of Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine at Bodles Citrus Day on March 2.

Agri ministry calls for private sector collaboration to increase citrus production

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 05 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole, is calling on the private sector to collaborate more with the Government in an effort to increase citrus production in Jamaica. Speaking at Citrus Day 2018 on March 2, Cole said that while there is a demand for some 4.5 million boxes of citrus annually; Jamaica was producing fewer than 2 million boxes. This, he said, was due to capacity constraints at the Ministry’s budwood facility at Bodles where only an average of 24,000 budeyes is produced annually to nursery...


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Students sample citrus fruits at Bodles Research Station

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 05 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Students sample citrus fruits at Bodles Citrus Day held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on March 2. The event was organised by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ Post Entry Quarantine and the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency and was geared at increasing awareness amongst the public and nursery operators of the various varieties of citrus available in Jamaica, their flavours and uses, and how they can be incorporated into various foods.


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Bodles Citrus Day

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 05 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
From left, Courtney Cole, Chief Technical Director for Special Projects, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses citrus tree with Alfred Barrett, Jamaica Citrus Protection Officer Plant Quarantine at Bodles Citrus Day held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on March 2. Some 46 varieties of citrus are maintained in a clean state by the Post Entry Quarantine Unit at Bodles and are tested regularly for the more common and problematic diseases that affect citrus.


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Team Leader, Electrical and Electronics Department, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Garfield Morgan (centre), shows Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission, Dolsie Allen (left); and Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown, a hair dryer that was tested by the BSJ that did not meet the required standard, at the launch of the Household and Similar Electrical Appliances Standard by the BSJ. The Standard covers general safety requirements of electrical appliances for household and similar purposes and outlines the necessary tests and safety conditions required to protect consumers against the hazards of electricity or electrical equipment. The launch was held at the BSJ’s Multi-Purpose Facility, Winchester Road, Kingston, on Friday, March 2, 2018.

BSJ Launches New Standard for Electrical Appliances

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 05 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has launched a new standard that will cover general safety requirements for electrical appliances for household and similar purposes. Launched on March 2 at the Bureau’s office, in Kingston, the new standard, known as JS IEC 60335-1:2010 (AMD1:2013+ AMD2:2016), will also cover voltages for appliances not more than 250 for single-phase units and 480 volts in other appliances. It also covers battery-operated appliances and other direct current (DC) supplied appliances, and appliances not intended for normal household use, but nevertheless may be a source of...


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Launch of the Household and Similar Electrical Appliances Standard by the BSJ.

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 05 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Senior Energy Engineer, Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Mark Williams (left), in discussion with (from left) Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown; Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Stephen Wedderburn; and Chief Executive Officer, National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Lorice Edwards Brown, at the launch of the Household and Similar Electrical Appliances Standard by the BSJ. The Standard covers general safety requirements of electrical appliances for household and similar purposes and...


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Ning Wang, Director of Food Safety Division 4, Import and Export Food Safety Bureau, Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine in China, speaking at a meeting with Dr. Osbil Watson, Chief Veterinary Officer, Avery Smikle, Acting Director of Fisheries, both from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; and Esmond Reid, Acting Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on February 26. Mr Wang along with a team from China will be auditing Jamaica’s spiny lobster operations to include its monitoring progamme, processing, packaging and loading. In addition, they will examine the capacity of the Veterinary Services Division laboratories.

Veterinary Services Division hosts Chinese spiny lobster audit delegation

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 27 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding by the Government with the People’s Republic of China in September 2017 for the export of spiny lobsters to China, a five-man delegation from China is currently on a three-day visit to Jamaica to conduct an audit of the processes of the industry. Speaking at a meeting held at the Veterinary Services Division (VSD) in St. Andrew on February 26, Ning Wang, Director of Food Safety Division 4, Import and Export Food Safety Bureau, Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine in China, said the audit would include...


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