The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) says it has received reports of authorised sale or diversion of humanitarian relief items to support individuals and communities recovering from Hurricane Melissa.
Relief commodities are granted duty-free and tax exempt entry to Jamaica.
In a statement on Friday, the JCA warned that any individual or organisation found a selling, offering for sale or engaging in commercial exchange of relief items including food, medical supplies, solar equipment, water storage containers, and other donated goods will be in breach of programme conditions, the Customs Act and other applicable laws.
The agency is reminding the public that all humanitarian relief items entering the island under the government's disaster relief programme must not be sold, bartered, or used for any form of commercial gain.
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