Towards achieving food safety in bangladesh

1. TOWARDS ACHIEVING FOOD
SAFETY IN BANGLADESH
Prof. Shah Monir Hossain
Senior National Programme Advisor, FAO

2. Improving Food Safety, Quality
and Food Control in Bangladesh
• Period : July 2009 – June 2012
• GoB Ministry : Health and Family Welfare
• Donor : European Union
• Donor contribution: USD 10 million
• UN Agency : FAO

3. Components
1. Food safety policies, standards and
regulations, and management.
2. Preventative approaches to food safety
through strengthened and enhanced
education.
3.
Develop and enhance food inspection and
enforcement.
4.
Establish food analysis capability and
capacity.

4. Policies, standards and regulations
• National Food Safety and
Quality Policy drafted and
translated into Bangla
• Meetings of the National
Food Safety Advisory
Council supported
• Technical Sub-Committees
on standards and food control
management established

5. Preventive approaches to food safety
• Civil Society Organizations
supported and the BFSN*
created
• Food safety behaviour change
communication campaign
conducted
• Training and manuals to improve
hygiene and manufacturing
practices in food industry
provided

6. Preventive approaches to food safety
Pilot project with Khulna City Corporation
• 350 street food carts distributed
• Vendors trained in good hygiene practices
• 4 healthy markets and 4 food courts established

7. Food inspection
• Guidelines developed on
Food Inspection and Risk
categorization
• Curriculum of the 3 year
Sanitary Inspector Diploma
updated and approved by SMFB
• Teaching aids and materials
provided to 7 IHTs
• Food Safety Emergency
Response Plan drafted

8. Food Analysis
OFFICES
CHEMISTRY
• National Food Safety Laboratory established
• Goal: ability to test for a range of analytes across
the entire spectrum of food products
– Heavy metals, Pesticides and antibiotics
– Aflatoxins, Food additives, Environmental
contaminants
– Microbial pathogens
LABS. MICROBIOLOGY
LABS.

9. Improving Food Safety
Bangladesh
• Period : July 2012– June 2015
• GoB Ministry : Health and Family Welfare
• GoB agency : DGHS
• Donor : Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Donor contribution: USD 12.5 million
• UN Agency : FAO

10. Key features
• Part of the HPNSDP
• Embedded in the operational plan of the NNS
• 7 components
• Cross-sectoral approach across the food chain

11. Outputs
1. Strengthened Food Safety Analysis Capacity
2. Strengthened Capacity for Standards Formulation based on Risk
Assessment
3. Enhanced Public Awareness and Education on Food Safety and
Consumers’ Health
4. Strengthened Institutionalization of Food Safety within MOHFW
5. Enhanced Food-borne Illness Surveillance
6.
Strengthened Preventative Risk-based Approaches Involving
Different Stakeholders in the Food Chain.
7.
Capacity further developed in identified subsectors of the food
industry to enhance food safety and facilitate improved market
access

12. Website
www.bdfoodsafety.org