Dear Editor,
The National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) has been lobbying the Food and Drug Department for some time to addres the issue of packing flour in unlabelled plastic and paper bags and would like to thank Mr Marlon Cole for his press release on this topic.
Food safety is a topical subject and is engaging the governments of many countries. While the practice of ulabelled packaging has its genesis in cultural and traditional practices, it is time we move from that to ensure food such as flour, sugar, milk and salt be packaged in a hygienic and safe manner by businesses approved by the Food and Drug Department.
NAMILCO has invested millions in packaging machines to ensure its product goes from the mill into packaging untouched by hand. It is upsetting when shops, super-markets and market vendors, for whatever reason best known to them, conduct their own packaging under the guise the consumer prefers it since it is “cheaper.”
We commen the Food and Drug Department for this initiative and hope it will be a sustained effort.
Yours faithfully,
Taijwattie William
Quality Assurance Manager
