Workshop on formulation of ‘Nat’l Safe Food Policy’ held in Sylhet

Sylhet Bureau :
Bangladesh Safe Food Authority member Professor Dr. Mohammad Shoaib said that everyone wants food to be safe. For this, stakeholders at all levels, from production to consumers, must be involved. Food safety must be ensured through a coordinated effort. He said these things while speaking as the chief guest at a workshop on formulation of ‘National Safe Food Policy’ at the divisional level in Sylhet on Thursday, January 9, at a hotel in the city, initiated by the Bangladesh Safe Food Authority and in collaboration with USAID, Feed the Future Bangladesh Policy LINK agriculture policy Activity and Bsafe Foundation.
Khaleda Khanam, Senior Manager of Feed the Future Bangladesh Policy LINK agriculture policy Activity, delivered a speech on the national safe food policy at the workshop conducted by District Safe Food Officer Syed Sarfaraz Hossain. Bsafe Foundation Vice President Ataur Rahman Milton presented the keynote speech on the proposed draft national safe food policy.
Stating that eight mobile laboratory vans in eight departments are conducting 31 types of tests including adulteration in milk, honey and various types of spices to detect food adulteration, a member of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority said that although multiple organizations are working to ensure food security in the country, there is a lack of coordination among them. Inter-agency coordination is essential to ensure safe food. He mentioned that a ‘National Safe Food Policy’ will be formulated through this workshop based on the opinions of producers, marketers, interested society and consumers.
In the workshop on the formulation of the ‘National Safe Food Policy’ at the departmental level, government officials, producers, non-governmental development partners and interested society representatives, teachers and researchers were divided into six groups and formulated recommendations through specific questions and answers.