Unauthorised electrolyte drinks still聽on market
Unauthorised electrolyte drinks are still available in the market although a week has passed since a Dhaka Pure Food Court issued arrest warrants for the...
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Enhancing food safety in fish, chicken value chains urged
The results dissemination and policy co-creation workshop on 鈥楨nhancing Food Safety in Fish and Chicken Value Chains of Bangladesh鈥� was held on Monday at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council in Dhaka...
ACME, Deshbandhu bosses fined聽聽
A Dhaka Pure Food Court on Sunday slapped fines on The ACME Agrovet & Beverages Ltd owner Tanveer Sinha and Deshbandhu Food & Beverage Ltd chairman Golam Mostafa in separate cases filed on charges of unauthorised production of electrolyte drinks...
SMC fined Tk聽16 lakh for unauthorised electrolyte drink marketing
A Dhaka Pure Food Court on Thursday fined SMC Enterprise Ltd owner Waliul Islam Tk聽16 lakh in a case filed on charges of unauthorised marketing and...
7 million face 鈥榓cute鈥� food insecurity in S Sudan: UN
More than seven million people in fragile South Sudan are at risk of acute food insecurity in the coming months, including tens of thousands at a 鈥榗atastrophic鈥� level of famine, the United Nations warned on Tuesday...
Deplorable absence of measures to contain food inflation
THE food inflation that has remained high for more than two years now reached double digits once again in April after a gap of four months. The Bureau of Statistics in its monthly update says that food inflation was 10.22 per cent in April. The surge was, as economists...
Uber to buy Foodpanda Taiwan for $950m
Ride-hailing giant Uber said Tuesday it has reached a deal with Delivery Hero SE to buy its Foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan for US$950 million...
Mediterranean food fest to begin at Crowne Plaza Dhaka on May 16
Crowne Plaza Dhaka Gulshan would arrange a Mediterranean Food Festival for its customers at The Flair, said a press release on Monday...
Food inflation hits double digit in peak rice harvesting season
The general food inflation in April crossed double-digit again after a four-month gap, heightening the risk of food security for the majority of...
Mobile food testing lab inaugurated
Food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder inaugurated mobile food testing laboratory of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority at the authority鈥檚 office at Shahbagh in the capital on Wednesday...
Foodpanda celebrates Mother鈥檚 Day
Foodpanda, a leading online food and grocery delivery platform, announced a special Mother鈥檚 Day campaign, said a press release on Saturday.
Two children die of 鈥榝ood poisoning鈥�
Two children, from two neighbouring families, reportedly died of food poisoning in sadar upazila of Gazipur Sunday night...
Unregulated baby food raises concerns
Bangladesh has no effective inspection and monitoring mechanism to check baby food items. Safe food campaigners have alleged that...
Govt must stop sales of tainted Indian spices, examine them
THIS is disparaging that Bangladesh authorities are in the dark about the presence of carcinogenic elements in spices of two Indian brands that are sold on the market, especially on e-commerce sites. Food regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore have...
282m faced acute hunger in 2023: UN
Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with some 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, UN agencies and development groups said on Wednesday...
Govt must increase its food stock, ensure fair prices to farmers
THE government stock of rice having fallen below the level required to prevent millers and wholesalers from manipulating prices is concerning. There are, as 抖阴精品 reported on April 22, 0.89 million tonnes of rice...
Govt food grain stock two years low
A meeting on Sunday by the Food Planning and Monitoring Committee decided to speed up the collection of food grain in pipeline as the overall food stock has reached the lowest level in two years, said officials...
Govt investigates sugar in Nestle baby food
The Bangladesh food regulator has launched an investigation into the Nestl茅 over traces of sugar and honey in baby milk and cereal products sold in low- and middle- income countries, including Bangladesh, which violates international...
Govt must stop farmland loss to ensure food security
THE land minister鈥檚 directive for divisional commissioners to prevent any unauthorised use of arable land for housing, industrial or other commercial purposes is welcome. The minister at a divisional...
Future Lanka leaders need to grasp nettles
THE New Year celebrations this year were low key compared to the past. The loud sound of crackers and other fireworks that traditionally accompany the dawn of the New Year were less than in the past. The economic burden...
WFP warns of worsening hunger in Sudan
The World Food Programme said Friday it had brought desperately-needed supplies into war-ravaged Sudan鈥檚 Darfur region for the first time in months, but...
World food prices rise for first time in seven months: FAO
Global food prices rose in March, the first increase since July, pulled higher by cooking oil prices despite the cost of grains continuing to ease, the United Nations鈥� Food and Agricultural Organization said on Friday....