Amman, Aug. 29 (Petra) – Jordan Investors Association (JIA) commended the national and regulatory role of Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) and its ongoing efforts to protect the citizens' health and safety and ensure quality and validity of food products.
The association also praised the JFDA's support for Jordan's industrial facilities to comply with approved health and technical requirements.
In a statement issued Saturday, JIA Chairman Mujahid Rajabi said the JFDA's monitoring and inspection campaigns are a "cornerstone" of consumer protection, which maintain reputation and quality of Jordanian food industries, and enhance their competitiveness in local and international markets.
He lauded professionalism of JFDA staff and their continuous cooperation with the industrial sector.
Rajabi also called for launching a JFDA office at the JIA's headquarters in King Abdullah II Industrial City in Amman's Sahab district.
On its siginifcance, he said this step would provide direct services to factories operating in Sahab and Muwaqqar estates, streamline procedures, expedite transactions, and save industrialists time, effort, and costs by eliminating the need to visit the JFDA's main building.
Aimed to complete e-connecitivity with JFDA, he announced the association is currently working in cooperation and coordination for this purpose, which would develop services provided to investors, simplify procedures, and expedite information exchange and transaction tracking "more efficiently and adequately." Rajabi noted that the association supports the JFDA's efforts and its monitoring and awareness campaigns, based on its belief that effective oversight contributes to protecting compliant establishments, raising quality of national products, and enhancing consumer confidence in Jordanian industry.
Rajabi expressed the association's appreciation for the JFDA's management and its technical and regulatory staff, stressing its keenness to continue joint cooperation and expand partnership.
In this context, he said this vision would serve industrialists in Sahab and Muwaqqar cities, improve services provided to this group and support "competitiveness" of the Jordanian industrial sector and sustainability of its growth.
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