Contact
Person - Ms. Antoinette James
(Senior Food Storage Scientist)
e-mail: antoinette.james@fspid.gov.jm
This
unit is directly responsible for reducing rodent (rat
and mouse) populations in and around food and feed facilities
in order to control the spread of disease, damage and
loss of food so that local and international standards
can be met.
Services
Offered:
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Rats being bred in the Rodent
Biology and Control Laboratory |
This rice shipment was inspected
and found to be contaminated
with rodent faeces and urine |
1. Rodent control programmes in food
manufacturing, storage and retailing facilities. Control
programmes for prisons, post offices, schools, hospitals,
etc. may also be conducted
2.
Bioassays of local and imported rodenticides in order
to guarantee efficacy against rodent pests and safety
to non-target organisms
3.
Assistance to manufacturers of rodenticides by conducting
laboratory and field tests
4.
Inspection and consultation re rodent control
5.
Rodent species identification tests
6.
Provision of live rodents for use in educational institutions
and other laboratories
7.
Consultation and dissemination of information with regard
to rodent biology (including diseases), control, sanitation
and proofing.
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Marlon Osbourne addresses a group
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U-Tech students |