World Food Day raises global awareness and prompts action for those suffering from hunger.
Studies reveal high levels of heavy metals, pesticide residues in foods
A recent study has found alarming levels of heavy metals and pesticide residues in widely consumed vegetables and fruits across nine districts of Bangladesh.
Chattogram testing lab remains inoperative even after nine years
Presence of excessive ‘trans fat’ in soybean oil a threat to public health
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.
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.
The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has started issuing health certificates to facilitate export of food products from the country.
Journalists must add nuance to debates, not shut them down
Earlier this year, this paper published a report on the widespread use of meat and bone meal (MBM) in poultry feed which can cause
A government-commissioned study has found in raw cow milk excessive levels of lead, regular consumption of which is harmful to human health.
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.
A two-day food safety conference rounded off yesterday calling on the government to set local food standards in line with
The government aims to make processed food producers comply with set standards so that safe food could be ensured by 2021.
Fifteen major food commodities were tested at various stages of production over an eight-month period between November 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016 at the National Food Safety Laboratory.
The food ministry says it tested the wheat imported from Brazil and did not find any grain that is “rotten” or “unfit for human consumption”.
Nestle says it will destroy more than $50m worth of its hugely popular Maggi noodles, following a ban imposed by India's food safety regulator.
Case is lodged against Nestle India over safety standards of its Maggi product, while actors Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zinta are dragged to court for promoting brand.
A two-year joint research carried out by the World Food Programme and the International Food Policy Research Institute has come up with some interesting findings on how to improve the benefits of safety net programmes (SSNPs) being run in the country.
