According to the WHO report on Global Trans-fat Elimination 2022, 43 countries including neighboring India have implemented best-practice policies for tackling trans fat in food. However, Bangladesh is still lagging behind in this issue.
13/05/2021
There are few statistics on the burden of foodborne disease in Bangladesh, according to the FAO-implemented programme, “Improving food safety in Bangladesh.” But what we do know is that unsafe food is a widespread and pervasive issue in the country, with diarrhoeal diseases, enteric fever and hepatitis presenting as the most prevalent foodborne diseases. So, the UN’s designation of a World Food Safety Day, to be celebrated annually on 7 June, was a clear signal to Bangladeshi food safety activists that the time had come to tackle the matter head on.
The Bangladesh Food Safety Foundation (BFSF) was founded in 2019 upon the declaration of World Food Safety Day under the slogan “united for safer food.” It is a civil society and multisectoral platform of sector leaders, scientists, regulators and consumer rights activists determined to raise public awareness and ensure training in and regulation of food safety practices in the food chain. Their aim is to ensure s