Guyana Food Safety Authority

01/08/2026

🇬🇾 Happy Emancipation Day, Guyana! 🇬🇾

As we celebrate our rich cultural heritage, let us also reaffirm our commitment to building a healthier, safer, and more prosperous Guyana for all.

The Management and Staff of Guyana Food Safety Authority extends warm Emancipation Day greetings to all Guyanese. May this day inspire unity, reflection, and continued progress.

Happy Emancipation Day! ❤️💛💚🖤

19/07/2026

📢 Region 5, we're coming your way! 🌱🇬🇾

The Guyana Food Safety Authority, in collaboration with the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute, the Ministry of Agriculture (Guyana), and the Environmental Health Department – Region 5, invites all farmers, agro-processors, vendors, and food handlers to our Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) & Food Safety Training.
📍 Ithaca
📍 Rosignol
📍 Little Baiboo
📍 Woodley Park
📍 Central Mahaicony
📍 Moraikobai
Join us as we work together to strengthen food safety and promote safer agricultural practices across Region 5.

📅 Check the flyer for dates, venues, and times.

16/07/2026

15/07/2026

Happening Now!
Join us at the Farm-to-Fork Consultation in Region 5 and be part of the discussion on safer meat production and food safety.
📍 Fort Wellington RDC Boardroom
🕘 Now in progress!

15/07/2026

Happening Now!
Join us at the Farm-to-Fork Consultation in Region 5 and be part of the discussion on safer meat production and food safety.
📍 Fort Wellington RDC Boardroom
🕘 Now in progress!

13/07/2026

12/07/2026

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞

The Ministry of Agriculture has received the first shipment of 300 pregnant heifers under the Government of Guyana’s national herd expansion programme, a major initiative aimed at increasing the country’s cattle population and strengthening the livestock industry.

The programme provides for the procurement of 1,000 pregnant heifers from Brazil to enhance the national breeding herd and support increased beef and dairy production.

The procurement was executed through the national tendering process. A total of four bids were received one local and three international bidders and evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Act. Following the evaluation process, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) awarded the contract to Coopera of Brazil, the successful bidder, at a price of G$245,000 per pregnant heifer.
The Ministry confirms that the animals have successfully completed all required veterinary health inspections, testing and quarantine procedures prior to export and satisfy Guyana’s animal health import requirements.

The first consignment is currently being transported to the Ministry of Agriculture’s Breeding and Research Centre at Ebini, Berbice River, where the animals will become part of the national breeding programme designed to improve the country’s genetic stock and expand cattle production.

This investment reflects the Government’s continued commitment to building a modern and resilient livestock industry. By expanding the national herd with quality breeding animals, the initiative will support increased livestock production, improve opportunities for farmers, reduce dependence on imported breeding stock, and contribute to Guyana’s food security objectives.

The remaining shipments will arrive in keeping with the contractual schedule until the full complement of 1,000 pregnant heifers has been delivered.

The Ministry of Agriculture remains committed to making strategic investments that strengthen the agricultural sector, improve productivity, and create long-term opportunities for livestock farmers throughout Guyana.

12/07/2026

See below the full release from the Ministry of Agriculture: The Ministry of Agriculture has received the first shipment of 300 pregnant heifers under the Government of Guyana’s national herd expansion programme, a major initiative aimed at increasing the country’s cattle population and strength...

12/07/2026

✅ Region 1, another successful stop! 🌱🇬🇾

The Guyana Food Safety Authority, in collaboration with the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute and the Environmental Health Department, successfully completed Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) & Food Safety Training in Moruca, Region 1.

Thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to promoting safer agricultural and food handling practices.

Together, we're building a safer food system for Guyana. 🇬🇾🌾

30/06/2026

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐙𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐚
𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

𝐼𝑛 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝐸𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦, 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐷𝑟. 𝐼𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑙𝑖, 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝐺𝑢𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘.

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒 (𝐴𝐶𝐶𝐶) 𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 30, 𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡’𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠.
𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝑅𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 50 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 $15,000 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 50 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 $10,000 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑢𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑅𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐵𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 (𝐺𝑅𝐷𝐵), 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡, 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦.

𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑝𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘.
𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 $3 𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑃𝑃/𝐶 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡’𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑖ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐺𝑢𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑎’𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤, 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.