Guyana is one of several Caribbean food exporters that will benefit from a 500 pounds Special Assistance Programme available through the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) under the European Union’s 10th Regional Private Sector Development Programme to help companies prepare for new, more demanding food safety requirements which exporters to the United States will be required to satisfy under the US Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA) scheduled to come into force in January next year.
The programme which has already been implemented in Jamaica since October covers a wide range of national consultations, advocacy and sensitization initiatives and is the first segment of a wider project which will seeks to address the needs of exporters throughout the region in enhancing quality and standards to meet the