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Ms. Maxine Hoffman
Chief Food Storage Inspector

Maxine Hoffman came to the FSPID as a Senior Food Storage Inspector (SFSI) in August 2013. During her tenure as an SFSI, she began spearheading the FSPID's drive to ISO/IEC 17020:2012 (inspection body) accreditation. She would go on to become the FSPID's first female Chief Food Storage Inspector in November 2018. In April 2019, the FSPID became the first Jamaican inspection body to be ISO/IEC 17020 accredited.

Education


  • M.Sc. in Food Technology - Quality Assurance (Reading University, UK, 2009)
  • BTech. in Agricultural Production and Food Systems Management (CASE/Nova Scotia, 2006)
  • A.Sc. in General Agriculture (COA, 1994)

Professional training

  • Risk-based food inspection (PAHO 2019)
  • ISO/IEC 17020: 2012 (JANAAC 2014 and CROSQ 2015)
  • Better Process Control School (USFDA/UWI 2011)

Extracurricular Activities

  • Community public relations officer

Hobbies

  • Dancing
  • Socializing

 


 

Click on the names of each head of unit to read profile:


Dr. Roy McNeil
Chief Food Storage Officer

Mr. Eban Hutton
Deputy Food Storage Officer

Mrs. Tamara Moore
Senior Food Storage Scientist, Pesticide Residue & Mycotoxin Unit

Ms. Danielle McGregor
Senior Food Storage Scientist, Postharvest Technology Unit

Ms. Antoinette James
Senior Food Storage Scientist, Rodent Biology & Control Unit

Ms. Anna-Kay Pryce
Senior Food Storage Scientist, Entomology Unit


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