Securing and sustaining external markets and ensuring the overall health of the local population “in both the short and long term” are challenges that require Guyana to be particularly mindful of its food safety standards a United States-based Guyanese food science technology expert has told Stabroek Business.
Head of the Food Science Programme at Tallahassee University Dr. Neil James told Stabroek Business in an interview earlier this week that while costs associated with raising food safety standards are likely to be considerable, the benefits of higher food safety standards in “a globalized international community” meant that Guyana had no choice but “to pay the price of admission.”
Dr. Williams, a Chemistry graduate from the University of Guyana who holds a Phd. in Food Science from Leeds University in the United Kingdom told
