Govt to establish Aquaculture Food Safety Centre
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
FE Report
The government has taken an initiative to set up an International Aquaculture Food Safety Centre, which experts believe will help Bangladesh earn more foreign exchange through exporting frozen food items.
Commerce Secretary Mr. Feroz Ahmed disclosed this Sunday in a programme in Khulna.
Joint Institute of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), a Joint initiative of US FDA and University of Maryland for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, arranged 'Training of the Trainers' programme on Good Aquaculture Practices in Bangladesh in the southwestern divisional city.
The commerce secretary informed that Fishery Products Business Promotion Council (FPBPC) under Ministry of Commerce has taken the move to establish the food safety centre.
It will be managed jointly by BSFF and JIFSAN under Public Private Partnership model as an affiliate of FPBPC. This Centre would help sustain the activities of the National Action Plan beyond the tenure of the current project.
S. M. Istiak, Chief (Programme) of Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) told the FE that such an initiative will help a lot to improve the image of Bangladesh frozen food products abroad.
JIFSAN is organising this training programme as a part of a National Action Plan to combat nitrofuran and other chemical hazards, establishing a credible traceability system and developing sustainable Codes of Conduct for the Shrimp industry. JIFSAN will hold a series of programme on Good Aquaculture Practices in Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, a delegation from US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) led by Mr. Brett Koonse and accompanied by Syed Mahmudul Huq, Chairman, Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation Thursday last met Commerce Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan at his office and explained the significance of the training programme. The Commerce Secretary Mr. Feroz Ahmed and former President of Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) Abul Kalam Azad were also present at the meeting.
The Minister appreciated Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation initiative to establish institutional linkage between Industry, Academia and Government with international collaboration and hope that this would help Bangladesh produce and export shrimp and fish in a manner that would ensure food safety, environmental sustainability and social responsibility.
The US FDA team briefed the commerce minister that JIFSAN reached an understanding to organise a series of Trainers Programs on Good Aquaculture Practices in Bangladesh.
The government has taken an initiative to set up an International Aquaculture Food Safety Centre, which experts believe will help Bangladesh earn more foreign exchange through exporting frozen food items.
Commerce Secretary Mr. Feroz Ahmed disclosed this Sunday in a programme in Khulna.
Joint Institute of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), a Joint initiative of US FDA and University of Maryland for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, arranged 'Training of the Trainers' programme on Good Aquaculture Practices in Bangladesh in the southwestern divisional city.
The commerce secretary informed that Fishery Products Business Promotion Council (FPBPC) under Ministry of Commerce has taken the move to establish the food safety centre.
It will be managed jointly by BSFF and JIFSAN under Public Private Partnership model as an affiliate of FPBPC. This Centre would help sustain the activities of the National Action Plan beyond the tenure of the current project.
S. M. Istiak, Chief (Programme) of Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) told the FE that such an initiative will help a lot to improve the image of Bangladesh frozen food products abroad.
JIFSAN is organising this training programme as a part of a National Action Plan to combat nitrofuran and other chemical hazards, establishing a credible traceability system and developing sustainable Codes of Conduct for the Shrimp industry. JIFSAN will hold a series of programme on Good Aquaculture Practices in Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, a delegation from US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) led by Mr. Brett Koonse and accompanied by Syed Mahmudul Huq, Chairman, Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation Thursday last met Commerce Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan at his office and explained the significance of the training programme. The Commerce Secretary Mr. Feroz Ahmed and former President of Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) Abul Kalam Azad were also present at the meeting.
The Minister appreciated Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation initiative to establish institutional linkage between Industry, Academia and Government with international collaboration and hope that this would help Bangladesh produce and export shrimp and fish in a manner that would ensure food safety, environmental sustainability and social responsibility.
The US FDA team briefed the commerce minister that JIFSAN reached an understanding to organise a series of Trainers Programs on Good Aquaculture Practices in Bangladesh.