WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

FOOD SAFETY RISK ANALYSIS

FOR VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS IN
GUYANA
HONEY.

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Guyana
FOOD AND DRUGS DEPT GUYANA
AGRICULTURE MINISTRY GUYANA
USDA
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OPPORTUNITIES
FOLLOW-UP

Location: Guyana shares borders

with Venezuela, Brazil and
Suriname.

It is the only English speaking

country in South America.

Gained independence from the

British in 1966.

First British Guiana, now the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

Democratic elections are due

November 28,2011. Only a few
days away

 Guyana boasts a

remarkably rich ecology.

Our tropical rainforest is

filled with distinctive plants
and trees, teeming with
exotic birds, insects and
mammals.

This enhances our chances

at success with ecotourism.

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX

Guyana is ranked 117 out of 169

countries.

Indicators used are: Income, Health

and Education

Capital: Georgetown

Area: 214,969 sq km (83,000 sq miles)

Major languages: English, indigenous

languages, Creole, Hindi, Urdu

Life expectancy: 66 years (men), 72 years

(women) (UN)

Monetary unit: 1 Guyana dollar (G$) = 200 cents

Main exports: Bauxite and alumina, sugar,

gold, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber

GNI per capita: US$3,300 (World Bank, 2010)

Real Growth First half of 2011 was 5.9% (IMF)

CLIMATE- Tropical

Population of only 756,000

we are divided into six

races, with 50 % Indian,
36% African , 7%
Amerindians
(Indigenous people).

The Mixed Race alone

with Chinese and
Portuguese, accounts for
the remaining 7% of the
population.

Christian

Hindu
Muslim
-Other Indigenous Faiths and Festivals

Hindu Religion
Celebrates -

Phagwah

The Festival of
Lights Diwali

Muslims
Celebrates

Youman Nabi

Eid ul Fitr.

And a few others

Christians
Celebrates-

Palm Sunday

Easter Monday

Christmas

African Emancipation

The First Day in August

of every year this day
is celebrated.

Slaves came to
Guyana to work on
the sugar plantations.

Amerindian Heritage
Month (September)

WE Have a Director and a

Deputy Director.

There is the Administrative

division , the Laboratories
and the Inspectorate.

Staff of only 35 40 persons

Operates under the Food

and Drugs Act
Ch:34:03 ,
LAWS of Guyana.

I work as an inspector
attached to the Inspectorate
Division.

Goal
Protect the nation from unsafe and substandard food, drugs, cosmetics, medical
devices and water.

Key Responsibilities are :

To ensure that foods are safe, sound, wholesome and are manufactured,
packaged, stored and offered for sale under sanitary conditions.

Drugs and medical devices are efficacious and safe for their intended use.
Water is potable.

Cosmetics are harmless and made from appropriate non-allergenic materials.

Ensure all of the above are labeled and packaged truthfully, informatively and
not deceptively

Staff at the FDD from

1996 to present.

I am a Public Health
Officer and a Pharmacist

I did my studies in
Jamaica, Venezuela,
Colombia and Guyana.

I have a Masters Degree

in Public Health.

AS mentioned before our major foreign

exchange earner in Guyana comes in
the form of:

Bauxite and alumina, sugar, gold, rice,

shrimp, molasses, rum, timber .

Only for emphasis : On

November 10, 2011.

The Government of Guyana and

Sandspring Resources a Ltd, a
Canadian company, signed a
600.000000 investment Mineral
Agreement for Gold and
copper extraction.

It is expected to be fully
operational in 2015 and would
employ over 1000 persons and
yield over 300,000 ounces of gold
per annum.

The government would get 5%-8%

Royalty on Gold and 1.5 % on
copper ,with a 30% annual income
tax on the company.

Apart from our traditional

avenues for gaining foreign
exchange, remittances are very
important.
But of significance, in 2006 Guyana
signed a pact with Norway. This
will allow us to received in excess
of 250 million US $ over a 5 year
period.
The government is required to
promote a Low Carbon
Development Strategy.
Reduce Emission from
Deforestation and Forest
Degradation) REDD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=ky7qK3Q-Wlc

Our Economy exhibited

moderate growth in
recent years and this is
based largely on
agriculture and our
extractive industries.

Agriculture is the most important sector of

Guyanas economy.

It accounts for 36% of GDP, 30% of employment,

and 40% of export earnings.

Sugar and rice, account for 74% of

agricultures GDP as well as 65% of total
agricultural exports.

Approximately 75% of Guyanas sugar

production is exported to the EU.

In 2006 the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) provided a

loan to the government of Guyana for 21.9 million US Dollars.

This loan is for a 10 year period, intended to boost the countries

agriculture diversification program (ADP).

Some of the programs objectives inter alia, are to :

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Contribute to the export growth rate and reduce volatility

2.

Provide services and institution to sustainably increase in

income derived from the export of non-traditional
agriculture products

3.

To enhance the protection of domestic customers from illness,

and domestic production from diseases and contamination.

The ADP is also designed to have 3 SubComponents:

1.

Promote Private Sector entrepreneurship

into agribusiness

2.

Improve capabilities of agribusiness export

services; and

3.

Enhance business facilitation services

within agriculture

Improve capabilities of agribusiness export

services.
With a focus on institutional strengthening of public
services needed to support the ADP.
A.) Support to technology development and transfer.
B.) Animal and plant health, and food safety services.

C.) Facilitation of foreign market access.

D.) To identifying additional potential export chains.

GOALS

OBJECTIVES

AREAS OF WORK

ACCOMPLISHMENT

EXCHANGE NEEDS

In March of this year I made an application

to participate in the USDA Scientific
Exchange Program.

In July I received notification about my

successful application to the USDA Program
at WSU

I arrived in Pullman (WSU) on October 2, 2011

and quickly settled with guidance and
support from my primary contact, Dr. Oumar
Badini.

Goals
To determine
microbiological, chemical
and physical hazards
associated with the
production of pure ( natural
or unpasteurized)honey.

To determine FDAs
requirement for the
exportation of value added
honey to US markets.

Objective:
To design a HACCP plan for
the production of pure honey in
Guyana
To conduct laboratory
analysis for pure honey (Moisture
Content and HMF test)
To attend Basic HACCP
Training Course, October 2011
To attend Good
Agricultural Practices (GAP), Food
Safety Program, November 2011
To attend the 31st Annual
Food Safety and Sanitation Work
Shop Conference, November 2011.

I visited Des Monies Iowa

with fellow Borlaug Scholar
Mr. Charles Diako and our
advisor / host Dr. Oumarou
Badini, to attend the 2011
World Food Prize.

Former
Presidents,
Chief
Executive Officers (CEOs) and
Global Experts addressed the
Conferences Theme

The
Next
Generation:
Confronting
the
Hunger
Challenges of Tomorrow

I had opportunity to
participate in and
attend many
conferences and
presentations on the
conference Theme

Key to my learning
experience was
realizing that Science
is Universal but
Solutions are Local.

During the week of the

World Food Prize, the
USDA facilitated visits by
Borlaug Fellows and other
Officials
to
4
key
establishments in Iowa.

I was privileged to attend

the unveiling of the new
headquarters of the WFP
Foundation (World Food
Prize Hall of Laureates).

Highlighting the
experience was taking
part of the World Food
Prize Award Ceremony .

In Iowa state Capital,

where, President
Kufuor (Ghana) and Da
Silva (Brazil) were
awarded.

DATACollection:

This activity was

conducted in room 224
(my work station )in the
School of Food Science
Building at the WSU.
Literature search on
Honey progressed.

HONEY HACCP PLAN

Under the guidance and support

of my mentors, Dr. Karen Killinger
and Dr. Richard Dougherty.

I design a HACCP Plan for Raw

(unpasteurized) Honey

This honey is produced by

Rajkumar Apiaries and Honey
Works, at Zeezight, West Coast,
Berbice, Guyana, South America.

On my return to Guyana this Plan

will be validated for subsequent.

Time did not allow me to

conduct the HMF White
method test for Honey.

However ,I was able to

conduct both moisture
content and aw for honey
in the School of Food
Science Laboratory at WSU.

HACCP-Training
Ellensburg. Was exposed
how to prepare in detail
an HACCP Plan (Oct)

Farm Production Practices

for Safe Foods: Good
Agriculture Practices
Workshop. (Nov)

On November 8-9, 2011 I

attended the 31st Annual Food
Safety & Sanitation Workshop
& Exhibit Show.
I was privileged to be
exposed to topics
(http://ext.wsu.edu/foodsanitation/secondary
/REGISTRATION.html ) and sessions
that addressed basic
sanitation as well as cutting
edged issues related to food
safety and sanitation.
I cannot over state the
importance of the subject , The
United States Food Safety
Modernization Act .

We are going to link the WSU

to provide extension services,
with HACCP , GAP, GMP and
Better Process Control School.

With Support from the USAID

office Guyana and the USDA.

This support will be channeled

via the GFDD (MOH) Guyana,
for regulators, industries and
other government agencies.

Progress

Order of Priority
This is for support directly for Guyanas Agriculture
diversification program.

BETTER PROCESS Control School

HACCP

FOOD SAFETY (GMP)

GAP

Marilyn Collins-Director Food and Drugs Depth

Guyana.

Sarah Winnan-International Affairs Specialist USDA.

Oumarou Badini- Associate Director, International

Agriculture Development.

Colleen Taugher, Project Associate, International

Agriculture Development.

Dr. Karen Killinger and Dr. Richard Dougherty my

mentors- School of Food Science ,WSU.

THANK