Speak Out for Safe Food
Speak Out for Safe Food - 11 / Green initiative left in the lurch
More than two decades on, the government has been able to take the programme to the doorstep of some 20 percent farmers
Speak Out for Safe Food - 4 / Old formalin in new bottle
In March last year, the government amended the import policy 2012-15 and put restrictions on the import, use and storage of formalin to check its widespread use in food items.
Speak Out for Safe Food - 10 / Poisoning Poultry, Fish
Records suggest the practice of making poultry-fish feed out of Hazaribagh tannery waste has been going on for over a decade.
Speak Out for Safe Food / PESTICIDES USEd 15 times the limit
A new study finds that almost one-third of the pesticides used in farming vegetables and fruits in the country are substandard.
Speak Out for Safe Food - 7 / Too many cooks spoil the broth
Many of the government officials working on food safety are corrupt, observed Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan, general secretary of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh.
Speak Out for Safe Food / HARDLY ANYTHING SAFE TO EAT
Over 10 thousand samples of more than 50 different food items were tested at the Institute of Public Health in 2012-13. About 60 percent of the samples were found adulterated or contaminated
Speak Out for Safe Food - 5 / ILLEGAL, HARMFUL
The importers of ripening agents dupe the government by saying they are only importing the PGRs. They get away with this, as the government has no mechanism in place to monitor what is being imported and marketed, said industry insiders.
Speak Out for Safe Food - 6 / Confusing battle fought so far
Imported by the Department of Fisheries two years ago without any scientific assessment, the machine is mostly used for measuring formalin in the environment, said Barc.
Speak Out for Safe Food - 9 / Cold chain can save food supply chain
The issue came to the fore in recent years after food adulteration reached alarming proportions.
Profit, more profit
Mango traders in Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi use toxic chemicals to ripen the fruit. They also do so to get the produce out on the market sooner and to increase its shelf life.