Food adulteration and consumer awareness in Dhaka city, 1995-2011
This article was published in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition [© 2014 International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research] and The Journal's website is at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25395908
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10361-75832017-01-11T05:56:57Z Food adulteration and consumer awareness in Dhaka city, 1995-2011 Nasreen, Sharifa Ahmed, Tahmeed James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University Adulterants Consumer awareness Food adulteration Food hazard Food safety Temporal trend Bangladesh This article was published in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition [© 2014 International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research] and The Journal's website is at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25395908 We conducted this study to investigate the magnitude of food adulteration during 1995-2011 and consumer awareness in Dhaka city. We reviewed results of food sample testing by Public Health Food Laboratory of Dhaka City Corporation, Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, Consumers Association of Bangladesh publications, reports from lay press, including those on mobile magistrate court operations. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 96 residents of Dhaka city, using a structured questionnaire in 2006. The overall proportion of food samples adulterated decreased during 2001-2005, and 40-54% of daily-consumed food was adulterated during 1995-2011. More than 35 food items were commonly adulterated. Consumers considered expiry date and quality or freshness as the best criteria while buying packaged and open food items respectively; only 11 (12%) respondents considered approval of regulatory authority for buying packaged food items. More than half of the food consumed in Dhaka city is adulterated, which warrants actions by the Government, the industry, and the consumers. Published 2017-01-11T05:52:22Z 2017-01-11T05:52:22Z 2014 Article Nasreen, S., & Ahmed, T. (2014). Food adulteration and consumer awareness in dhaka city, 1995-2011. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 32(3), 452-464. 16060997 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/7583 en https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25395908 © 2014 International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research |
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This article was published in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition [© 2014 International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research] and The Journal's website is at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25395908 |
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Food adulteration and consumer awareness in Dhaka city, 1995-2011 |
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