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Training & Information Unit
Contact
Person – Ms. Tameka Samuels
(Senior Food Storage Scientist)
e-mail: tameka.samuels@miic.gov.jm
This unit provides training and information in integrated
pest management and food storage, handling and transportation.
Services
Offered:
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- Designing, developing, conducting and/or coordinating training
programmes, workshops, seminars, symposia, etc.
for the food industry, pest control operators and
the general public with regard to:
a) integrated pest management in food and food related
areas
b) pesticide application (fumigation, spraying, misting,
fogging and baiting) in food and food related areas;
c) the identification, biology and control of pests
of food and food areas (e.g. stored product pests,
rodents, cockroaches);
d) the proper storage, handling and transportation
of food;
e) inspection, sampling, sanitation, proofing and
hygiene in the food areas;
f) the HACCP system;
g) food microbiology, mycotoxins and postharvest technology
- Provides/organizes
consultations in the above listed areas
- Produces
books, booklets, handouts, brochures, etc. re integrated
pest management, food storage, micro-organisms, chemical
residues in food and feed, biological toxins and other
topics having an impact on food safety
- Provides and facilitates in-house training of FSPID
staff on various topics including integrated pest
management, factors affecting food in storage, sampling,
the HACCP system, micro-organisms and laboratory techniques
- Provides FSPID staff and the food industry with the
latest information re pest management and food storage
techniques
- Regulates pest control operators
- Facilitates
the disposal of unwanted and outdated pesticides
- Consultation with pest control operators and food
storage, manufacturing and retailing facilities in
order for them to attain the required operating standards
- Provides
technical information on the types of pesticides allowed
for use in food and food related areas
- Revises and updates the FSPI Act and Regulations
- Oversees
the FSPID’s public relations programme
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training programmes
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