Contact Person – Ms. Maxine Hoffman
(Chief Food Storage Inspector)
e-mail: maxine.hoffman@miic.gov.jm  maxine.hoffman@fspid.gov.jm

Being the FSPID’s front-line unit, the Inspectorate and Disinfestation Unit (IDU) is responsible for mitigating food and feed loss due to infestation and contamination while ensuring that only safe and wholesome food and feed are offered for sale to consumers.

In April 2019, the IDU become the first inspection body in Jamaica and the second in the English-speaking Caribbean to be accredited by the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) to the ISO/IEC 17020:2012 International Standard. The scope of this accreditation covers food and feed inspection of ships, shipping containers and premises. This accreditation demonstrates that the IDU is conducting its inspections according to international standards.

Services Offered:

A shipment of contaminated rice being disposed of under the supervision of an FSPID inspector	A phosphine fumigation being conducted

1. Regulatory inspection of food and feed at ports of entry (including ships) and any food storage, manufacturing and retailing facility to ensure that food is safe and that food areas are suitable for food storage. Other establishments where food is prepared and/or consumed, e.g. hospitals, prisons, schools, etc. are inspected
2. Random and/or selective sampling of inspected food and feed for analyses by FSPID’s laboratory services to ensure that commodities are free of insect and rodent infestation, microbial, chemical and physical contamination, biological toxins and radionuclides
3. Disinfestation of food, feed and food facilities via fumigation, spraying, misting, fogging and rodent baiting
4. Regulatory fumigation of used, imported tyres to prevent the entry and establishment of the Asian tiger mosquito
5. Fumigation of imported tobacco, lumber, bamboo, straw and wicker craft and other agricultural products which are liable to infestation
6. Fumigation of seeds for planting
7. Consultation re food storage and pest management to minimize infestation and contamination and to facilitate disinfestation and inspection
8. Provision of certificates for damaged/contaminated food and feed cargo attesting to type and amount of damage for insurance purposes
9. Fumigation and provision of fumigation certificates for durable agricultural products such as pimento, cocoa, cola nuts, cotton and leather
10. Evaluation of incoming cargo of food and feed to ascertain that commodities meet specifications of the purchasers
11. Fumigation of libraries, library books and museums for preservation of material
12. Pest control records review

The FSPID fumigation chamber	FSPID staff carrying out an inspection and sampling on a cargo ship

The FSPID also has an office in Western Jamaica. Click here for more information