Food and Drug Department wants US company suspended

Director of the GAFDD, Minister of Public Marlan Cole

With the country now plagued by the persistence of food imports that transgress the Food and Drugs Act and pose possible serious health risks to consumers, the Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department (GAFDD) this week moved to have a United States-based company suspended from providing supplies to local food importers.

Stabroek Business has seen a copy of a letter written to Deputy Commissioner, Customs Excise and Trade Operations Lancelot Wills by GAFDD Director Marlan Cole seeking the support of the Customs and Trade Administration in “enforcing the suspension of the facilitative trade of items of foods by Central International Company LLC (CIC) of Massachusetts, USA.

In its communication the GAFDD said that CIC “continues to facilitate the shipment of items of foods to