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
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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