Food safety and organic farming is a crying need

Already Bangladesh has fulfilled food security needs. Now it is high time to approach food safety. In case of agricultural production, fertiliser, insecticides, antibiotics, growth promoters (used in poultry production), steroid hormones (used in fish and livestock) are used highly above the safety level. It is totally hazardous to health and the environment. Human physiology is drastically affected by the hormones and antibiotics which are used in fish and animal rearing. People want safe food which is produced organically. They like indigenous food and vegetable products. In most developed and developing countries, organic farming and food safety can be practiced.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock should formulate effective policies for organic farming and food safety for people's health and environment.

Ratan Karmakar

BSc A.H (Hons.)

Bangladesh Agricultural University