Kaieteur News – The National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) has invested US$8M on a mixing plant that will help the company to improve its products as well as food safety. This was disclosed on Thursday during a recertification ceremony held by the Guyana National Bureau of Standard (GNBS).
NAMILCO’S Managing Director, Mr. Roopnarine Bert Sukhai said that, to continuously improve products and customers’ satisfaction, the company invested $US8M on the mixing plant.
Operations Manager, Ralf Hemsing said that for the development and improvement of the company, the mixing plant would soon be commissioned. Mr. Hemsing added that the company has sufficient wheat and ingredients and will be ready to mix and blend flours of any kind that meets their customers’ satisfaction. The company will also be able to create its own recipe. The Operations Manager assured that once an order is made, it will be completed within 24 hours.
The company anticipates that the mixing plant will be set up within the next three weeks. Meanwhile, the company was re-certified on Thursday through GNBS’s ‘Made in Guyana’ certification programme. The re-certification was held at NAMILICO’s Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD) location.
Head of Certification Service at GNBS, Keion Rankin stated that “the re-certification really shows the criteria and mean in Guyana. A criteria and mean of Guyana focuses mostly on the local content.” Rankin said that the certification gives assurance of two things: the country’s origin and the quality of products.
Back in June 2022, NAMILCO received its certification from the GNBS to use the ‘Made in Guyana’ Certification Mark on its ‘Thunderbolt’ and ‘Maid Marian Self-Rising’ flours. At that time, the flour company joined three other Guyanese companies that met the quality requirements of the ‘Made in Guyana’ Certification Programme.