“Made in Guyana” mark will increase market access – GNBS Director

…as Pomeroon coffee company certified

Amy’s Pomeroon Foods Inc (APFI) on Tuesday became the second company to receive certification by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) to use its Made in Guyana Certification Mark.

This is the second Guyanese company authorised to affix the prestigious mark on its products. Consumers will now be able to see the Certification Mark on the packages of its Regular and Mocha flavoured ground coffee as well as its roasted and green coffee beans.
At a certification ceremony held at the company’s South Railway Embankment, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara (ECD) location, Executive Director (ag) of the GNBS Ramrattie Karan highlighted that the Made in Guyana mark will increase the potential of Amy’s Pomeroon coffee to access regional and international markets.
“The company has proven to be another patriotic company and we want to encourage you to continue to strive to meet the requirements of standards and quality…that will allow you to export and not only to serve the local market,” Karan noted.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of APFI, Louis Holder lauded the programme as a good step towards promoting local content. “This is indeed prestigious, and I am happy that my company was able to qualify,” Holder said.
Elated to receive the certificate under the GNBS’ Made in Guyana Certification Mark Programme, Operations Manager at APFI Tyronne Gravesande thanked the Bureau for working with his company to accomplish this significant milestone.
He said, “I can hardly express in words how proud we are at Amy’s Pomeroon Foods Inc to receive this Made in Guyana mark. I can assure you that we will try to maintain a higher standard and keep it to the standard GNBS is expecting from us.”
The Made in Guyana Certification Mark was unveiled in October 2021. The certification is only valid for a period of one year and is open to all local manufacturers. Among the requirements to become certified, manufacturers must use at least 60 per cent raw materials from Guyana and employ 70 per cent Guyanese staff.
Fibre Tech Industrial Plastics (FTIP), based on the East Coast of Demerara, became the first Guyanese company to achieve this certification and is now authorised by the GNBS to affix the Made in Guyana stamp to several of its fiberglass products. (G2)