Cold storage helps eliminate formalin: Mozena

Underlining the need for refrigerated transportation and cold storage network to ensure safe and hygiene food, US Ambassador Dan W Mozena today said transportation and cold storage facilities help growers keep their produce fresh and safe eliminating use of formalin and other poisons. "Bangladeshi farmers can use this and other transportation and cold storage facilities to keep their produce fresh and safe . . . important steps in eliminating formalin and other poisons," he said while inaugurating the Cold Chain Network Facility arranged by Golden Harvest and USAID's Cold Chain Bangladesh Alliance in the city. He said this refrigerated transportation and storage network is a win-win-win for everyone. The farmer is now able to maximize his profits, Golden Harvest provides a vital and profitable service to the community, and the consumer has access to safe, hygienic, tasty fresh food for a longer season, he added. "I believe this new system of refrigeration is a game-changer for agriculture and nutrition across Bangladesh," he said, adding, "Imagine hundreds if not thousands of refrigerated trucks and cold storage facilities preserving food for the people . . . this has been the missing piece of Bangladesh's agricultural revolution". Now the way is cleared for Bangladesh to become food self-sufficient and, more importantly, to improve the nutrition of the nation's children, Mozena said. "I am so proud that America, in a public-private partnership with our good friends of Golden Harvest, is helping Bangladesh create the middle income Bangladesh where all have the means to provide their families safe housing, ample, nutritious food, good healthcare, quality education," the US ambassador added, according tpo a news agency.