The International Association of Fish Inspectors is
delighted and honoured to announce the winners of the 2019 IAFI Peter Howgate
Award. They are Ms Stella Mbabazi from Uganda and Mr Justin
Sundarrajan from India. Stella is an inspector with the Department of Fisheries
Resources of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries,
based in Entebbe, Uganda, where she has worked for five years undertaking
official food safety controls in the fisheries value chain. Justin works with
Newport International, in Chennai, India where he is the Quality Control
Manager in a plant producing pasteurised frozen crab for the US market.
Previously he worked in similar functions in the Maldives and for the Thai
Union Group. Both candidates are being supported with airfare, accommodation
and conference fee, to attend the IAFI World Seafood Congress 2019 in Penang,
Indonesia from 9 to 11th September 2019. Both are attending with the
full support of their employers and are very much looking forward to the
experience of hearing about the latest trends in in fish technology, and
meeting with scientists, NGOs, other Competent Authorities and fishery business
operators from all over the world. IAFI sends our warmest congratulations
to them both.
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| Ms.Stella Mbabazi, Department of Fisheries Resources, Uganda |
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| Mr.Justin Sundarrajan, Newport International, India |
