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Govt making policy to limit trans fat in foods
Mohammad Al Amin
10th January, 2021 10:28:30
The government is working on formulating a policy to check industrially produced trans fat in all foods and partially hydrogenated oils (PHO) in a bid to reduce deaths linked to trans fat intake.
The policy will set a mandatory limit for trans fat in food items, said the authorities concerned.
The move came after the World Health Organization (WHO) sought Bangladesh’s urgent action to deal with trans fat in a bid to avoid deaths from its intake.
“We’ve already formulated a draft policy on using trans fat in foods. Changes are being made to the draft as per suggestions put forward by experts,” Abdul Kayowm Sarker, chairman of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA), told the Daily Sun.
It is frustrating to learn from a
Daily Star report that the government is yet to enforce mandatory tests to prevent imports of adulterated pesticides that have been widely used in the country s agriculture sector. As harmful heavy metals like cadmium, chromium and lead were found in dozens of pesticides in tests done by Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) at the beginning of this year, it mandated tests at two designated government laboratories either the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Centre (BAEC) or the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) before the release of any imported pesticides from ports. Unfortunately, almost a year has gone by with no progress made in testing these imported pesticides.