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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda says there is no indication of contamination in the samples of rice submitted by Member of Parliament for South East St. Ann, Lisa Hanna earlier this week. Ms. Hanna submitted separate samples of cooked and uncooked rice to the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA)Continue reading “No Evidence of Plastic in Rice Samples Submitted by MP”

The seed production capacity of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), which is operated at its facility at the Bodles Research Station in Old Harbour, was today (Wednesday, January 11) given a boost with the provision of equipment and materials valued at some $2.5 million. The equipment and material were presented toContinue reading “Agriministry Gets Seed Production Boost From CARDI”

General Manager, Caribbean Cement Company Limited, Mr. Peter Donkersloot (right) presenting the Panama – Second Lottery Bond (1888-1889) to Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Thursday, January 5, 2017. This original Lottery Bond represents the last effort made in JulyContinue reading “Courtesy Call on Minister Samuda”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda in dialogue with Chairman of the Hazardous Substances Authority, Professor Kah who made a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Friday, January 6, 2017.

Government is seeking investors to take over the Monymusk Sugar Factory in Clarendon, following the decision of Pan Caribbean Sugar Company to cease operations of the estate in 2018. This announcement was made by the Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, while speaking with journalists at a briefing on December 30Continue reading “Gov’t seeking investors to operate Monymusk Sugar Factory”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Karl Samuda, has issued a warning to persons to desist from the illicit burning of cane, noting that it was a criminal offence, which has resulted in the loss of millions of dollars for the sugar industry. Speaking at a media briefing held at the Ministry’sContinue reading “Minister Samuda warns against illicit burning of sugar cane”

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.

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”

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”

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”