food safety
Agri ministry takes Tk 7,214cr project
The agriculture ministry is planning to take up a Tk 7,214 crore project to promote crop diversification and ensure food safety, aiming to gradually reduce the country’s dependency on imports.
SUBSIDISED PRICE / Govt’s food distribution slumps
While the queue of people behind open market sale (OMS) trucks of the food ministry continues to remain fairly long, food grain distribution by the ministry was said to have dropped 19 per cent year-on-year in the first four months of the current fiscal year.
Food safety authority starts issuing health certificate for food items
The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has started issuing health certificates to facilitate export of food products from the country.
DEATH OF A CRITICAL MIND / Why are we vilifying researchers for their work?
Journalists must add nuance to debates, not shut them down
FOOD SAFETY: Lessons from Denmark
If you visit a food court in Copenhagen, you will notice smiley icons at the entrance of restaurants. You see a paper with a smiley symbol posted on the door on the right top corner. Below the symbol is written the word “Elite”.
Worrisome state of food safety
Earlier this year, this paper published a report on the widespread use of meat and bone meal (MBM) in poultry feed which can cause
Lead, pesticides in milk
A government-commissioned study has found in raw cow milk excessive levels of lead, regular consumption of which is harmful to human health.
BFSA orders withdrawal of all baby milk products
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) orders withdrawal of all products of powdered baby milk suspected of bacterial contamination after the French company, Lactalis, notified the issue to the authority.
Get more manpower to ensure safe food
A two-day food safety conference rounded off yesterday calling on the government to set local food standards in line with
Agri ministry takes Tk 7,214cr project
The agriculture ministry is planning to take up a Tk 7,214 crore project to promote crop diversification and ensure food safety, aiming to gradually reduce the country’s dependency on imports.
Govt’s food distribution slumps
While the queue of people behind open market sale (OMS) trucks of the food ministry continues to remain fairly long, food grain distribution by the ministry was said to have dropped 19 per cent year-on-year in the first four months of the current fiscal year.
Food safety authority starts issuing health certificate for food items
The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has started issuing health certificates to facilitate export of food products from the country.
Why are we vilifying researchers for their work?
Journalists must add nuance to debates, not shut them down
FOOD SAFETY: Lessons from Denmark
If you visit a food court in Copenhagen, you will notice smiley icons at the entrance of restaurants. You see a paper with a smiley symbol posted on the door on the right top corner. Below the symbol is written the word “Elite”.
Worrisome state of food safety
Earlier this year, this paper published a report on the widespread use of meat and bone meal (MBM) in poultry feed which can cause
Lead, pesticides in milk
A government-commissioned study has found in raw cow milk excessive levels of lead, regular consumption of which is harmful to human health.
BFSA orders withdrawal of all baby milk products
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) orders withdrawal of all products of powdered baby milk suspected of bacterial contamination after the French company, Lactalis, notified the issue to the authority.
Get more manpower to ensure safe food
A two-day food safety conference rounded off yesterday calling on the government to set local food standards in line with
Processed Food: Govt to ensure safety by 2021
The government aims to make processed food producers comply with set standards so that safe food could be ensured by 2021.
