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December 2024
 

Partner, Crafton Holdings Limited, Damion Crawford (left), displays bottled liquid eggs to Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, during a tour of the factory on Bay Farm Road, St. Andrew, on Friday, November 3, 2017.

Local liquid eggs manufacturer impacting 30% of traditional egg farmers- Samuda

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 07 Nov 2017    communications   
Crafton Holdings Ltd., manufacturer and distributor of pasteurised liquid eggs has been impacting approximately 30% of traditional egg farmers in Jamaica. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda. According to Minister Samuda, he is comforted by this knowledge as this offers an assurance that our farmers, especially the small players in the industry, have a ready market for their eggs. “This is a great opportunity for our small egg farmers. This also offers a great opportunity for growth in the egg industry, not only in Jamaica, but...


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Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, Head of the European Union Delegation in Jamaica, at the 80th Annual Conference of the Jamaica Association of Sugar Technologists in Ocho Rios on November 2.

Don’t be discouraged, Samuda tells sugar industry

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 03 Nov 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Karl Samuda, is encouraging stakeholders in the sugar industry to have a positive outlook on the sector and to “move forward with the confidence that this industry will rise again”. Minister Samuda, who was speaking at the 80th annual conference of the Jamaica Association of Sugar Technologists (JAST) November 2 in Ocho Rios, said there was “an enormous reservoir of potential” in the sugar cane industry. The agriculture minister said that in comparison to the US$370 per tonne paid for raw sugar in the European market, value-...


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Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Andrene Collings (left), in discussion with (from 2nd left) Minister without Portfolio (OPM), Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Dr. the Hon. Horace Chang; Executive Director, Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Dr. Fritz Pinnock; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira; and Former CEO, Registrar General Department, Dr. Patricia Holness, at the Employee Engagement Conference, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Kingston on Tuesday, October 31, 2017. The conference was hosted by the JBDC under the theme: Stimulate, Inspire, Empower and Engage.

Ministry says employee engagement must be priority in organizations

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 01 Nov 2017    communications   
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mrs. Andrene Collings, says that employee engagement must become priority in every organization, because at the end of the day it is people and relationships that matter the most. According to Mrs. Collings, “this is a cliché, but we have to find innovative ways to engage our employees”. “At the end of the day our employees are our greatest assets, and at the end of the day, they are the ones that deliver. They deliver on productivity and they deliver on profit. We invest in our machines. We take our...


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New Regulations for Processing Blended Coffee in Jamaica

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 30 Oct 2017    communications   
Steps are being taken by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries to promulgate new regulations concerning the blending of coffee in Jamaica. Under these regulations, no imported coffee shall be processed, roasted or packaged for sale in its pure form without a minimum percentage of locally produced coffee. This initiative is intended to give support to the development and expansion of locally grown coffee of all categories. Agriculture Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda says this regulation will come into effect no later than November 15, 2017. Contact: Karlene Brown Tel: 968-...


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MOU With Chinese Government Will Not Allow Chinese Vessels or Fishers to Fish in Local Waters

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 27 Oct 2017    communications   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has taken note of discussions in the press relating to a Memorandum of Understanding between MICAF and the Ministry of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China. The MOU, which was signed on September 22, 2017, deals specifically with hygiene, sanitation and certification matters to allow for cooperation between Jamaica and China on sanitary and phytosanitary issues in order to permit the export of Jamaican live lobsters to China. It does not allow Chinese vessels or...


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