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not only The West Indian Diaspora.” “We introduced the first Caribbean made salad dressing as the technology was not there. We entered into a joint venture with Kraft foods from the USA and fortunately there was a transfer of technology and knowledge from them to us, enabling us to be the first Caribbean company to be able to make vinagrette style salad dressings. As most people realize, mixing oil and water is not easy. It requires a level of chemisty on a molecular level to be successfully stable,” Persaud explains. Persaud continues, “FDA certification in itself is not that difficult to get, but what is more tricky is the 3rd party certification, like ISO for instance, which has different levels of certification. We made the jump and became certified ISO 22000 in 2009, still not satisfied, and being an industry leader, our followers were catching ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????MM ??????M??????M????? ???????????????????(+???Q???????????????M$????????????M??????%???????t??q ????e??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????t?Q?????????????????????????????????Q??????????)????????????????????????)?????????????????q????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????t?A???????????q ???????????????? M5???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q??? M5?????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????t()]??????????????????? ????????????????????????()A?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q??? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????q%???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????!????E??????????????????%??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????Q????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????5??????????????() I=8?==L??I9??1%5%Q???Q0??????????????]]\? I=9==MI9? =4)???????????????????((??((