RAJSHAHI, Mar 21 (BSS): Mass media, both print and electronic, can play a vital role in ensuring safe poultry farming and marketing for the sake of freeing people's health from hazards.
If the malpractices and anomalies were made public through media frequently the common people can get scope of taking precautionary measures to protect them from the hazards.
Besides, the policy planners and others concerned can also avail the chance of formulating strict legal steps.
The observations came at a sharing meeting with media for "Information Dissemination in Relation to Food Safety Governance" at local level at a restaurant in the city on Thursday.
The journalists who attended the meeting were sensitised on objective reporting on the issue regularly as many health risk challenges were added to the poultry sector at present.
The Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) organised the programme in association with an issue-based project on 'Food Safety Governance in Poultry Sector in Bangladesh' and UKaid and British Council.
Chaired by CAB local unit President Gazi Giash, the meeting was addressed by District Livestock Officer Dr Zulfikar Akhter Hossain, Field Coordinator of CAB Project Mijanur Rahman, Field Officer Mozammel Sheikh and local unit General Secretary Golam Mostofa Mamun as focal persons.
The meeting was told that production of safe poultry birds is urgent to protect public health from various infectious and chronic diseases. People of all stakes should come forward and work together to ensure safe poultry production.
Poultry farmers, hatchery owners, poultry bird sellers, feed meal manufacturers and sellers and other concerned should be brought under awareness programme so that they can play their due role to attain the cherished goal.
In his remarks, Dr Zulfikar Akhter Hossain puts forward a set of recommendations on how to make the poultry sector safe and hygienic.
Using overrated antibiotic in poultry feed is harmful for public health. So, time has come to look into the matter with utmost emphasis. "We have to ensure safe poultry feed and good poultry farming management," he added.
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