Food Safety and Quality Jamaica.org Services
Our Services consists of the following components:
- We carry out risk-based inspections of all businesses manufacturing or producing food for human consumption.
- Separate inspections to make sure business premises meet the requirements Health and Safety
- Food safety and sanitation audits of food establishments
- Regulatory compliance review, interpretation, and recommendations
- Food safety and environmental training for facility personnel
Traceability of agricultural raw materials serves the food safety on all steps of production and sales. Due to EU regulations 178/2002 it is defined as „the possibility to be able to trace food or feed, a material or animal that should be used for food production or from which it can be expected to be used for food production through all steps of production, processing and sales“
The basis is a comparison of the isotope value of a well-known geographical location with the isotope value of the sample to be tested for its origin.
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. " For Example Does the Coffee really comes from the Blue Mountain Area in Jamaica as declared ?" Scientists from one of the leading laboratories for isotope analytics in Europe developed the worldwide patented designation system ISO - ID. The product specific label is created water based and enables a rapid and certain analytical identification of the product.
OnVu™ TTIs show clearly whether the chill chain of a packaged product has been maintained, by recording the effects on the product of temperature fluctuations over time. By providing essential information on chil‑chain history. OnVu™ TTIs have been developed for foodstuffs and drinks, especially meat and dairy products.
