The Government Analyst – Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) was on Monday 27th August 2018 presented with the Certification (Award) of Accreditation in conformance with the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard from the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC).
The Certificate (Award) received by the GA-FDD on the occasion of the 23rd General Assembly of the Inter American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) currently being hosted at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, Jamaica and delivering the Feature Address at the IAAC Assembly’s Inauguration was Hon. Audley Shaw – Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) – Jamaica.
Accredited Laboratories of the GA-FDD include the – Food Chemistry Laboratory; Food Microbiology Laboratory; Excise Laboratory and Water Chemistry Laboratory. Mr. Marlan Cole – Director of GA-FDD received the Certificate (Award) from Mr. Donovan Stanberry, Permanent Secretary to MICAF, in the presence of JANAAC’s Chairman, Mr. Simon Roberts and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mrs. Sharonmae Shirley.
Accreditation now gives the Government Analyst – Food and Drug Department Laboratory – the only of its kind public sector entity in the region that is accredited – the authority and scope to attest to result generated from its analysis and test that is now recognized and accepted anywhere in the world. Guyana’s agro-processing industry will now be further supported to access international markets because of enhanced competence of the GA-FDD with testing and certification.
The Government of Guyana (Ministry of Public Health – MoPH), the GNBS, CROSQ via the 10thEDF Fund, Staff and QA Dept of GA-FDD were all thanked by Mr. Cole for making the milestone possible