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23 March 2017

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda.

Corned Beef Ban to Remain in Place Pending Outcome of Tests

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 23 Mar 2017   

The Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl
Samuda has announced that the ban on the importation of corned beef
originating in Brazil will remain in place until relevant tests have been
completed.
Minister Samuda added that no permission will be given for the sale or
distribution of corned beef from Brazil until the government gets adequate
assurance that the products are safe for consumption.
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica is conducting chemical test profiles to
ascertain the contents of corned beef on the...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Donovan Stanberry addressing participants at the Regional Policy Workshop for industry and policy makers on the Caribbean sugar industry post-2017 at JAMPRO in Kingston on March 23. At left is Nisa Surujbally, Programme Manager Agriculture and Industry, Caribbean Community Secretariat. The two-day workshop is organised by the Sugar Association of the Caribbean and is aimed at preparing a strategic policy approach to the issues confronting the sugar industry in order to safeguard a prosperous future for sugar production in the Caribbean.

Stanberry recommends restructuring and repositioning of sugar industry

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 23 Mar 2017   

Diversification of the product base, focusing on trading with our regional markets, and expansion of production are among the strategies identified by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Donovan Stanberry for the growth of the sugar cane industry. Mr Stanberry was speaking at the Regional Policy Workshop for industry and policy makers on the Caribbean sugar industry post-2017 held at JAMPRO in Kingston on March 23.
In welcoming the “movers and shakers” of the Caribbean sugar industry, Stanberry said the era of trading raw sugar was no...

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Vivian Brown sampling the 5 % cassava bread made by National Baking Company Limited at the 2017 Regional Starch Conference (meeting of ISO/TC 93) held at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, on Thursday, March 23, 2017. Looking on from left are: Director, Standards Division, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Julia Bonner Douett; Acting Senior Director, ISO Quality Systems Division at MICAF, Grace Ann Biggs Allen; and Quality Assurance & Food Safety Technician, Agricultural Research & Innovation Faculty (UWI), Racquel Martin.

Industrial Starch Market Poised for Growth

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 23 Mar 2017   

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown, says that the industrial starch market worldwide is poised for growth within the next six years.

“Output in the industrial starch industry, by volume, is projected to reach 113.9 MT by 2020, at a compound annual growth rate of 3.9% from 2016. Also, in terms of value, the same market is projected to reach US$106.64 Billion by 2022”, he stated.

He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2nd Regional Starch Conference/Meeting of ISO/TC 93 at the University of the West Indies...

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