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PM-FOOD SAFETY
Stop food adulteration: PM
DHAKA, Feb 3, 2019 (BSS)-Describing adulteration of food as one kind of
“corruption”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said this ill practice must
be stopped at any cost to save the life of the people.
“We earned a huge success in anti-terrorism drive. We are also continuing
our operation against corruption, and adulteration of food is one sort of
graft,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina added: “Our drive against the adulteration of food is going
on and it will continue. We don’t want the people of the country to be
affected by poisoning of food.”
The premier was addressing a function as the chief guest on the occasion
of the National Food Safety Day-2019 at the Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh
at Farmgate here this morning.
She said adulteration of food is a bad habit by character of some people,
nothing else. “It must be stopped (at any cost),” she said, adding the people
are being serious affected by consuming the poisonous food.
Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzak and Food Minister Sadhan Chandra
Majumdar were present in the function as the special guests.
Food Secretary Shahabuddin Ahmed presided over the function, while
chairman of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority Md Mahfuzul Haque delivered the
welcome address.
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