Everyone from producers to consumers should be aware of safe and nutritious food. Food can be unsafe at any stage whether it can be bought fresh from the field or fresh fish from the pond. Therefore, awareness and goodwill of all are needed to ensure safe food.
Since the formation of the Safe Food Authority through the dedicated efforts of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, it has been working tirelessly to deliver safe food to the consumers. Consumers are being sensitized by conducting mobile courts, organizing meetings and seminars. Besides, food producers and traders are also being sensitized.
Media has to play an important role in
ensuring safe food for the people of the country
There was no shortage of food in the country even during the pandemic, not a single person died without eating. Mentioning that there is a maximum stock of food in the country at present. Rice sales activities are going on through OMS at districts, upazila and municipality level so that low-income people do not starve.
The government has its efforts ongoing to create good habits for safe food production, processing, storage, marketing and consumption. Public awareness can make this effort more fruitful and successful. Media has to play a role in ensuring safe food for the people of the country.
While the quality of seeds is in high demand, determining the good quality remains to be a pivotal problem that is raised by farmers. The government should make sure that adulterated seeds in both import and export forms are diminished from the market. One of the reasons behind this persistent offence is clearly the absence of any system for penal actions that government should have put in place a long time ago.
Food adulteration does not only disregard our constitutional right to safe food but also imperils public health. If government does not take effective preventive measures now then our future generations will be seriously affected with susceptible physical and mental growth.
