Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA)
Ctg landowner selling banned fish feed
A landowner has been extracting and selling banned meat and bone meal (MBM) from a dumping station in port city, posing a serious health risk to humans.
Lab Tests on Milk: Everything same, only results vary
Same product, same sample, same batch. But take them to two different government labs for analysis, the results will vary by up to 766 percent or about nine times.
Pure, safe milk production must for sound health of citizens: HC
The High Court observes that the dairy farms and companies must produce pure, safe and hygienic milk and dairy products following the international standard in order to ensure sound health of the citizens of the country.
10 firms sued over harmful substances in milk
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) yesterday filed cases against 10 companies after finding harmful heavy metals in their pasteurised milk.
New tests find lead in milk
Amid concerns about the quality of the packaged and non-packaged milk available in the market, Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has now detected lead, a harmful heavy metal, in pasteurised milk of 11 brands.
Food Testing: Won’t tolerate any underhand dealings
The High Court yesterday said anyone involved in underhand dealings during examination of food items would be sent to jail.
Food safety chief exempted from contempt charge after apology
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) Chairman Mahfuzul Haque has been exempted from contempt of court rule after he offered unconditional apology before the High Court for not complying with its order.
BFSA chief summoned over substandard food
High Court has summoned the chairman of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) for not complying with its directive to remove 52 substandard food items from the market.
HC directs authorities to submit report by May 5 on steps to ensure safe food
The High Court directs the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) to submit a report on the steps taken by the organisation to ensure safe food including fish and meat before this court by May 5.
Stepping up fight for safe food
People can expect a strong grip on contaminating food and its marketing as Bangladesh Food Safety Authority is gearing up its activities in a coordinated manner to ensure food safety from farm to plate.
Excessive Lead in Powdered Milk: No marketing before laboratory tests
The customs authorities have been asked to ensure that all milk powder importers stock products in their own warehouses and have those tested at designated laboratories before marketing.
BFSA orders Lactalis milk off shelves
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority has ordered withdrawal of all powdered baby milk suspected of salmonella contamination after French company Lactalis notified the issue to the authority last week.
Fish Importers: Ticked off by test order
About 1,500 tonnes of fish remain stranded in the Chittagong port yard since January 1, after the food safety authorities made it mandatory for all imported fish to go through certain tests to detect the presence of heavy metals in them.
