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IICA Delegation in the Dominican Republic donates Videoconference equipment to ISA

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As part of the commitments made by IICA and the ISA University in the agreement to implement in the country the “Virtual Regional School Food Inspection for Central America and the Dominican Republic” (ERVIA), IICA donated a complete videoconference equipment that will serve to strengthen its technological capacity to train professionals in the area of ​​food inspection.

As part of the commitments made by IICA and the ISA University in the agreement to implement in the country the “Virtual Regional School Food Inspection for Central America and the Dominican Republic” (ERVIA), IICA donated a complete videoconference equipment that will serve to strengthen its technological capacity to train professionals in the area of ​​food inspection.

ERVIA seeks to improve the food safety system to contribute to the public health and facilitate trade through modern and harmonized procedures for inspection. The ERVIA Project supports these inspectors to have the best and updated tools to assess the inspection processes in fresh and processed food with a regional and standardized knowledge.

From left to right, Ing. Marcos Tavarez, Director of the School of Food Engineering, Ing. Angel Castillo, Academic Vice President, Messrs. Martin Martinez and Nelson Sanchez from the IICA Delegation in the Dominican Republic, Lic. Rafael Lopez, Head of the Computer Department and Ing. Edwin Reyes, Director of the Faculty of Social and Administrative Sciences University ISA.

 

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