Hon. Audley Shaw smells KMJ Bamboo Jerk Seasoning manufactured by Khadesha Whyte
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Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, smells (right) at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium, held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF) New Kingston offices on September 5. Others from left are Stephen Wedderburn, Executive Director of Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), and Valerie Veira, Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC). The symposium will be hosted by the MICAF, the BSJ , the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, the Tourism Enhancement Fund, the Bamboo Industry Association of Jamaica, and the JBDC at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, November 27-29, 2018, under the theme ‘Bamboo: An Economic High Value Chain Resource for the Caribbean’.
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