NATIONAL Milling Company of Guyana Inc (NAMILCO) yesterday announced that its noodle training seminar will be held on July 2 at Cara Lodge Hotel on Quamina Street.Right on the heels of a successful bakers seminar, NAMILCO is ready for an informative noodle training seminar geared towards sensitizing participants on quality characteristics, noodle classification and formulas.
The seminar will also focus on noodle processing technology, new trends, troubleshooting, understanding flour variations and origin, and issues surrounding molding as well as energy saving solutions.
To make this venture beneficial, the company has solicited the services of the US-based specialists Dr. Gary Hou and Macello Mirtey who will also conduct visits to several local noodle factories on July 03 to assist in quality control and other related issues. announced later.
While several entities have already been invited to the seminar; sources at NAMILCO have indicated that other interested persons or groups are welcome.
NAMILCO also intends to invite representatives from several Chinese restaurants here to make them more knowledgeable about noodle usage and proper storage and preparation methods.
Some of the entities expected to participate are Edward B Beharry and Company Ltd, Lam’s Trading, Imam Bacchus entity, the Too Sweet facility, R.P Enterprise/Chin’s Chowmein, Mohammed Manufacturing (Peppy’s), Crown Chowmein, and Alisa Manufacturing.
Meanwhile the company has been lobbying the Food and Drug Department for some time to address the issue of packing of flour in unlabeled plastic and paper bags.
The company in a recent press release extended gratitude to Mr. Marlon Cole for his press release on the subject.
Representatives at NAMILCO said that the company has invested millions of dollars in packaging machines to ensure its products go from the mill into packaging untouched by hand.
The company has since commended the Food and Drug Department for their initiative with regards to proper packaging and hopes that it will be a sustained effort.