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Opening Session of the CARICOM Risk Assessment and Product Safety Workshop

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February 8, 2017

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn (left) in dialogue with Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen (2nd left); Senior Coordinator – Hemispheric and Bilateral Negotiations, CARICOM Secretariat, Office of the Trade Negotiations (Jamaica), Michele Lowe; and Board Chairman, CAC, Kent Gammon at the opening session of the CARICOM Risk Assessment and Product Safety Workshop, held at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel, New Kingston on Wednesday, February 8, 2016. The CARICOM Rapid Alert Exchange System for Product Safety, CARREX, will help regional regulatory authorities to act quickly to inform those at risk in order to avoid any potential health risk, injury or financial loss.

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