Food Adulteration: a serious public health concern in Bangladesh

Md Arifur Rahman, Md Zakir Sultan, Mohammad Sharifur Rahman, Mohammad Mamun Ur Rashid

Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Journal · 2015 · 44 citations · 1 references

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Food adulteration is a national issue in Bangladesh that endangers public health and threatens the physical and mental development of future generations. The paper examines the health impacts of consuming adulterated foods and outlines the responsibilities of authorities to eradicate the problem without assigning blame. The authors intend to inform stakeholders about the current state of food adulteration and propose regulatory measures to bring positive change.

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Adulteration of foods has become a national issue. The problem is not only ignoring the human rights for safer food but also endangering public health seriously with numerous acute and chronic diseases. Our future generation will be seriously affected with vulnerable physical and mental growth inflicted by food adulteration. This paper describes the impact of consumption of adulterated foods on human health and the roles of the concerned authorities to eradicate it. The key objective of this paper is not to blame or undermine anyone. We intend to inform the current scenario of food adulteration and wish to bring a positive change through proper measures by the concerned regulatory authorities.Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Journal 18(1): 1-7, 2015

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