TOWARDS ACHIEVING FOOD

SAFETY IN BANGLADESH

Prof. Shah Monir Hossain

Senior National Programme Advisor, FAO

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Food Analysis

• 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

OFFICES

CHEMISTRY

LABS. MICROBIOLOGYLABS.

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

Key features

• Part of the HPNSDP

• Embedded in the operational plan of the NNS

• 7 components

• Cross-sectoral approach across the food chain

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

www.bdfoodsafety.org

Website