Representatives of small and medium-sized? food ?processors and food industry professionals have completed??a two-day? workshop ?aimed at?building their capacity for implementing food traceability systems which? ensure that health concerns?about the safety and quality of food produced ?locally,?imported or exported are adequately addressed.The capacity building workshop was?an activity organized by the local office of the Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) in collaboration with the Global Food Traceability Centre (GFTC) of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in Chicago,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Illinois.The workshop was?funded by the European Union under the 10th EDF?project of?“Support to the Caribbean forum of ACP states in the implementation of commitments undertaken under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA): Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures”.The traceability programme is one element of the SPS venture which aims?to?increase CARIFORUM states’ production and trade in agriculture and fisheries,Wholesale Jerseys China,?which meet international standards and thereby?qualify these products? for access to international markets in Europe and North America.The venue was?the Regency Suites Hotel in Hadfield Street, Georgetown, and the workshop was held on Tuesday and Wednesday.Officials? present at the launch on Tuesday included Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr George Jervis; Executive Board Member of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association,China Jerseys Cheap, Mr Raymond Ramsaroop; Local IICA representative, Mr Wilmot Garnett and senior staffers of the IICA.The resource persons for the programme were Mr. Tejas Bhatt, Director of the IFT and Mr. Jaheon Koo, Director of Food Safety Programmes of the IFT.Topics?dealt with at the workshop included: Principles and practice of traceability and recall systems; its role in the implementation and management of food safety management systems and tools required for implementing the traceability system.The organisers stressed that apart from guaranteeing local food safety, gaining a capability for traceability is necessary?for exporting food to the major markets in Europe and North America.Public sector participants included representatives from?the New Guyana Marketing Corporation, Guyana School of Agriculture,Cheap MLB Jerseys China, University of Guyana, the Government Analyst/Food and Drug Department, Guyana National Bureau of Standards, Guyana Livestock Development Authority, National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute and the National Milling Company.Private sector participants included representatives from Bounty Farm, Prestige Manufacturing Limited,Wholesale Jerseys, Major Foods Limited, Edward Beharry and Sons, Ricks and Sari, Sterling Products,China NFL Jerseys, Jet’s Enterprises,cheap nfl jerseys china, Women Agricultural Development Network and Survival Supermarket.