Avocados laced with the weedicide Cypro.

[pugboy]

this is a joke, if you ask any farmer, fence posts are a hot commodity, they will quickly be stolen unless you putting up concrete walls

The new incentives listed in the release are:
• Rebates of 50 per cent of the cost of an approved security system against praedial larceny, up to a maximum of $30,000.
• Rebates of 50 per cent of the cost of fencing farmland pastures, up to a maximum of $25,000 per hectare.

The release said the Ministry’s Legal Unit is actively reviewing the Praedial Larceny Prevention Act and intends to increase the fines or terms of imprisonment for various offences. It said farmers are responsible for keeping up to date records on their crops and adoption of key components of Good Agricultural Practices as part of the Farm Certification Programme of the National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (NAMDEVCO). The release said there are currently 1,200 farmers enrolled in the programme with 800 already certified. “This certification programme, along with the newly established Register of Producers, will allow for traceability of produce and enable relevant authorities to better manage any future situations of this or a similar nature,” the Ministry said.

http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2011/10/22/food-production-ministry-advises-tainted-avocados-identifiable-black-spots

[shake d livin wake d dead]

so what allyuh think about the lady who is demanding compensation from the gov't becuz no1 buying she zaboca which she claimed was brought in from Grenada..

[Morpheus]

^^You serious? LoL

[shake d livin wake d dead]

yes hoss,the woman was on news with that pack ah sheit.... I rofl when I heard it though...according to her,she has 6 children to feed,and she ordered the zabocas to sell and now no1 wants to buy it because of the farmer's act, so she said she lose real profit and should be compensated accordingly.she also called for the farmer to be immediately jailed for what he did.

[K74T]

Saw the man on tv

couldn't tell if he was a caretaker or a vagrant :/

[Dizzy28]

so what allyuh think about the lady who is demanding compensation from the gov't becuz no1 buying she zaboca which she claimed was brought in from Grenada..

Business Risk.....we all suffer it for sundry reasons and doh go demanding compensation.

[S_2NR]

so what allyuh think about the lady who is demanding compensation from the gov't becuz no1 buying she zaboca which she claimed was brought in from Grenada..

Firetruck she.
Wa she feel this is.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

so what allyuh think about the lady who is demanding compensation from the gov't becuz no1 buying she zaboca which she claimed was brought in from Grenada..

Business Risk.....we all suffer it for sundry reasons and doh go demanding compensation.

same thing I saying.. ah mean she is not the only 1 selling the product inno....

[rfari]

why we have to import zaboca from grenada?

[K74T]

Caretaker 'makes up' avocado story

THE 69-year-old caretaker who created panic throughout the country when he told police he poisoned 2,000 avocados is now claiming his story was concocted.

However, police are awaiting the laboratory results of tests done on fruits seized from the caretaker before determining if any criminal charges will be laid.

The report caused supermarkets and vendors to stop buying avocados for fear they may be tainted. Vendors said they lost thousands of dollars in sales. One such vendor was Rosalind Cox.

Cox, the owner of Jenny's Local Fruits, in a telephone interview yesterday, said she lost $10,000 due to the poison scare.

Cox said on Thursday she threw away seven boxes of avocados which she imported from St Vincent.

After the news spread about the avocados, Cox, who supplies the HiLo supermarkets with the fruit, was told the supermarket was not accepting any more. Yesterday, Cox said the position was the same with the grocery chain.

"They (HiLo Food Stores) said until someone in authority come out and say something, they not buying any," Cox said.

Cox said she visited Minister of Food Production Vasant Bharath and was told by his permanent secretary that compensation could not be made to her as it was not a natural disaster.

"I am innocent in the whole thing...that was my mortgage money for the month," Cox said adding she was advised to sue the caretaker.

Chairman of the Tunapuna Regional Corporation Khadija Ameen, in a telephone interview with the Express yesterday, said her corporation's police are closely monitoring the Tunapuna market, however, most of the avocado vendors possess proof that their fruits are imported and free of any poisonous substances.

President of the Market Vendors Association Terrance Haywood said sales at the Tunapuna Market have picked up since the caretaker came out and confessed he lied. He added that sales are not as high as they normally are this time of the year, but "they will pick up".

The caretaker, who occupies a parcel of land in Madoo Hill, Tunapuna, reported the matter to police on October 19, carrying with him two syringes which he claimed to have used to inject the fruits with the insecticide Cypro.


http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Caretaker__makes_up__avocado_story-132834443.html