With several of the critical regulations under the new United States Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA) now just a matter of months away, Guyanese exporters of foods to the United States could face loss of critical markets in the face of what appears to be both public and private sector inaction in seeking to put mechanisms in place to ensure compliance with those regulations.
The new regulations which attend the signing of the Act into law by President Barack Obama in January last year will require Guyanese exporters to comply with a risk-based foreign supplier verification programme