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FM
Former Member
THE Food and Drug Department of the Ministry of Health Monday and yesterday hosted a two-day workshop on the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) food safety management system, aimed at equipping small and medium scale food producers with the know-how to put into practice HACCP in their food manufacturing process.
[Director, Food & Drug Analyst Department, Marilyn Collins; Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud; and Deputy Director of Food & Drug Analysis Department, Michelle Walker at the workshop]

Director, Food & Drug Analyst Department, Marilyn Collins; Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud; and Deputy Director of Food & Drug Analysis Department, Michelle Walker at the workshop

HACCP is a system designed by the Pillsbury Company of the United States which, at one point in time, prepared meals for astronauts. The company designed the HACCP system to assure the production of safe products.
HACCP is a seven-principle system that allows for the implementation of control measures during the manufacturing of food products so as to guarantee a safe end product and eliminates the need for testing after the product is manufactured.
“This is one of the most imely workshops on food safety,” Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud said.
The growing economy and the country’s movement into the regional and international market necessitate this workshop.
[Participants at the workshop]

Participants at the workshop

“Training is really the key to where we go next,” he said, “to establishing Guyana’s products as a brand of quality in those markets,” Persaud said.
“As manufacturers, you have a legal and social responsibility to ensure that foods that you produce in no way cause untoward effects to consumers,” Director, Food and Drug Department, Marilyn Collins, told participants.
“If products that you produce are safe and of the right quality, consumers develop a loyalty to that product,” she advised.
Food and Drug Inspector Marlon Cole said that in the near future, the World Trade Organisation will require every food entity to have ISSO 2200, a required food safety management system for all types of organisations within the food chain.
Within the ISSO 2200 is the requirement for the implementation of the HACCP system to ensure food hygiene.
Cole said that this will result in the Food and Drug Department being unable to issue licences to food manufacturing entities that do not have in place the HACCP system in their business. (GINA)

Excerpts from the Guyana Chronicle

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ISSO 2200

There is no such thing as ISSO 2200 and there never will be!
You stupid idiots try to peddle propaganda and cannot get the basic facts right!
The correct standard is ISO 2200, and it only relates to food preparation hazards. It does not cover food safety. That is covered in ISO 22002 and ISO 22005.

When writing about certain things to impress the dumb locals you should bear in mind that certified experts might be reading your nonsense and wondering what kind of bunch of useless individuals are in charge in Guyana.
Mr.T
. Health

2010

 Government expended $13.4 billion in 2010 towards the implementation of the National Health Sector Strategy 2008-2012.

 $1.3 billion was expended for the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of health care facilities in 2010.

 Over $280 million was expended on training, while more than 150 new health workers entered the public health sector contributing to improved doctors and nurses’ population ratio.

2011

 $14 billion has been allocated to the health sector

 Government has budgeted to inject $345 million into training activities, which will provide for an additional 250 professional nurses being trained and 140 clinical and technical staff, while over 280 students in various health disciplines are currently in training across the various schools.

 1 billion has been budgeted for the construction and maintenance of health sector buildings and infrastructure nationwide

 Storage bond in Diamond will be completed in 2011

 $235 million has been budgeted for the completion of the GPHC inpatient facility. Additionally, facilities at Enmore Polyclinic, West Demerara Hospital, Leguan, and Oscar Joseph District Hospitals will be upgraded.
FM
And what were the results of all those expenditures? No evidence exist that much of it was ever executed, let alone currently in operation. Like the money just went poof, and vanished.
Mr.T
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Originally posted by Mr.T:
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ISSO 2200
There is no such thing as ISSO 2200 and there never will be! You stupid idiots try to peddle propaganda and cannot get the basic facts right! The correct standard is ISO 2200, and it only relates to food preparation hazards. It does not cover food safety. That is covered in ISO 22002 and ISO 22005. When writing about certain things to impress the dumb locals you should bear in mind that certified experts might be reading your nonsense and wondering what kind of bunch of useless individuals are in charge in Guyana.



Push for albert, he might have missed it.
cain
-huge sums go towards capacity building
THE health sector continues to advance with the addition of state-of-the-art institutions and trained personnel to man the institutions, with the aim of bettering health care services provided to citizens. To ensure that this is achieved, $7.2B of the $14B allocated to the sector, was expended for the first half of 2011. According to a Mid-Year report presented by Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh on Thursday in the National Assembly, the levels of expenditure have aided in the acceleration of the implementation of the national health programmes.
To further strengthen the skilled workforce and human resource system within the health sector, about $121M has been expended to further enhance health care professionals. This saw approximately 150 clinical and technical health personnel graduate in key field for the first half of this year alone.
The individuals have since been deployed to various health institutions countrywide, while an additional 28 clinical coordinators from remote areas and 42 tutors and part-time lecturers benefited from capacity building workshops to improve their skills.
In addition, 157 health professionals completed the Management Development Programme, while 14 health science tutors from across the three nursing schools completed the Health Science Management Programme.
Efforts are moving apace to merge the professional nurses and midwifery curricula into a single curriculum. While there are over 920 students in training, the Ministry of Health intends to train another 135 professional nurses, 1790 nursing assistants and 120 clinical and technical personnel to complement the growing demand for quality health care provided.
A new Maternal, Perinatal Strategy and Integrated Child Health Strategy 2011-2015 has been completed, while the Health Qual initiative has been extended to 21 health facilities including HIV and MCH wellness sites.
This is expected to be complemented by the nutrition education sessions conducted at 35 health clinics in Regions 3, 4 and 5 benefiting some 7,000 people.
The first half of the year also saw the sector expanding the cervical cancer screening programme through its mobile clinics countrywide.
About 1,450 women benefitted from VIA screening at the 17 locations across the country, for this year alone.
The Health Ministry will be taking the VIA screening services to the Lethem Hospital, East La Penitence and Dorothy Bailey Health Centres in the second half of 2011.
Government continues to place emphasis on health facilities across the country, expending over $227M for the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of health facilities in the first half of the year.
This includes the construction of the new 214 bed in-patient facility which is expected to be completed shortly and the new emergency ward at the Fort Wellington Hospital. Additionally, works are ongoing on the general improvement of the water distribution and electrical systems at the maternity and medical buildings at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
While works to expand the maternity ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital has commenced, a new waste disposal facility will also be implemented shortly and will be utilized by all surrounding hospitals.
The design specification for the 150 bed specialty hospital is also being finalised.(GINA)

Excerpts from the Guyana Chronicle
FM
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Originally posted by albert:
The P.P.P/C has transform the Health facilities in Guyana for the better since elected to Office


You should get off you high horse and go visit some of the Chinese restaurants in Berbice that the people boycott, due to no health rules.

The GOG should force all chinese restaurants to attend a food preparation course. But the kickback is too great and the PPP officials turn a blind eye to complaints.
Tola
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Originally posted by Tola:
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Originally posted by albert:
The P.P.P/C has transform the Health facilities in Guyana for the better since elected to Office


You should get off you high horse and go visit some of the Chinese restaurants in Berbice that the people boycott, due to no health rules.

The GOG should force all chinese restaurants to attend a food preparation course. But the kickback is too great and the PPP officials turn a blind eye to complaints.




Tola, you hinting dat this chap A'bert is a liar(d)?
cain
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Originally posted by cain:
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Originally posted by Tola:
quote:
Originally posted by albert:
The P.P.P/C has transform the Health facilities in Guyana for the better since elected to Office


You should get off you high horse and go visit some of the Chinese restaurants in Berbice that the people boycott, due to no health rules.

The GOG should force all chinese restaurants to attend a food preparation course. But the kickback is too great and the PPP officials turn a blind eye to complaints.




Tola, you hinting dat this chap A'bert is a liar(d)?


I am not only hinting. Without these kakka rass getting personal ground information , they are all LIARD.

All they repeat is what FreeDUMB house and Jagdeo tells them, they are too chicken sh!t to find out for themself.
Tola

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