Results for:  "Agriculture"

KINGSTON, (JIS):Saturday, July 03, 2010 Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Marc Panton (right) and President of Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners (NJBP), Pansy Johnson break ground at the Aboukir Institute, Aboukir, St. Ann, recently to launch the School Greenhouse Technology Project. ...

Created: 07/04/2010 08:46 am

Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries KINGSTON (JIS):Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Prime Minister Bruce Golding has commended farmers for showing "tremendous resilience" in helping to increase agricultural production, despite the recent drought and other challenges. ...

Created: 08/06/2010 04:39 pm

Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries KINGSTON (JIS):Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry, has called on players in the agriculture sector to invest in insurance coverage as a critical part of doing business.He noted that adequate insurance is important for the sector to survive and become more efficient. ...

Created: 05/19/2010 04:43 pm

MANDEVILLE (JIS): Tuesday, April 06, 2010 Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that he will be looking at measures to improve the horticultural industry, which has seen a decline since Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. ...

Created: 04/07/2010 07:14 pm

Food and feed hygiene for farmers and growers What you need to know ...

Folder: Agriculture
Created: 02/01/2009 05:36 pm

CODE OF HYGIENIC PRACTICE FOR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES CAC/RCP 53 – 2003 ...

Folder: FAO Codes and Guidelines
Created: 08/15/2008 06:38 pm

May 17, 2010 12:00 PM, By MATTHEW ENIS Fresh Market Editor matt.enis@penton.com This week, SN's Fresh Market section includes two unrelated stories involving tough new food safety requirements for processors of meat and poultry. ...

Created: 05/19/2010 04:30 pm

MANDEVILLE (JIS): Monday, July 19, 2010 Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) must be restructured to enable the organisation to better serve the interests of farmers. ...

Created: 07/19/2010 04:33 pm

MANDEVILLE, (JIS): Monday, June 07, 2010 Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has lauded farmers in Manchester for sticking to best practices resulting in increased yields from their crops. ...

Created: 06/08/2010 05:16 pm

Integrated Pest Management ...

Folder: Agriculture
Created: 09/17/2008 08:12 pm

For the development of this draft EFSA Guidance, the Assessment Methodology Unit (AMU) of EFSA, in collaboration with the Unit on Pesticide Risk Assessment Peer Review (PRAPeR), has established a working group of EFSA external members and scientific officers. ...

Created: 07/29/2010 03:24 pm

KINGSTON (JIS): Friday, May 14, 2010 The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will this year partner with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries on a set of initiatives to support the Ministry's focus on food and food security. ...

Created: 05/16/2010 07:39 pm

WASTE LANDS THE THREAT OF TOXIC FERTILIZER ...

Folder: Agriculture
Created: 10/08/2009 07:31 pm

COMMODITY SPECIFIC FOOD SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR THE MELON SUPPLY CHAIN • 1ST Edition. This document was prepared by melon industry members from farm to table, via the Produce Industry Food Safety Initiative co-sponsored by the Produce Marketing Association and the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association ...

Folder: FAO Codes and Guidelines
Created: 02/16/2010 09:55 am

These are organised to either sample specific food product types, or alternatively to sample food from particular types of premises. The samples are taken to proactively identify any particular food hygiene related issues. Any unsatisfactory results obtained from the sampling are communicated to the relevant business then work with that business to improve hygiene conditions and food handling practices. ...

Created: 09/01/2009 03:16 pm

The total biomass, including all organic and animal raw materials and the products produced, like groceries, cosmetics or pharmaceuticals exhibit a natural designation, the so-called Isotope-Fingerprint. ...

Created: 08/19/2009 10:10 pm

For the most part, organic and conventional products can be distinguished from one another under certain prerequisites of the isotope analysis. ...

Created: 08/18/2009 05:28 pm

All organic materials, i.e. pertaining to raw vegetable and animal material, can be tested for their geographical origin by means of isotope analysis.This provides a product retraceability independent of any accompanying documentation. Whether the aspargus originally came from Germany or Greece, the steak from Argentina or England or the wood out of Scandinavia or Russia can be determined at one of the leading laboratories for isotope analytics in Europe simply by testing a small product sample. ...

Created: 08/18/2009 02:51 pm

Food Pest Facts ...

Folder: Agriculture
Created: 02/01/2009 05:41 pm