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“A Study Proposal on Food Adulteration and its Impact”

Presented by:AD Ujjal Kumar Paul (AV- 173)

ADC, BD Ansar & VDP, Khulna. & Trainee Officer of 34th BCS Officers’ Basic Training Course.

Presentation OutlineResearch Background Literature Review Statement of the Problem Purpose of the Study Data collection & analysis Significance of the study Time frame Budget

Research BackgroundDeveloping country like Bangladesh sets with

thousand of problems. Food adulteration is one of the acute problems of them.

Adulteration in food is normally present in its most crude form; prohibited substances are either added or partly or wholly substituted.

Ignorance and unfair market behavior may endanger consumer health and misleading can lead to poisoning.

Literature Review• I have reviewed a number of relevant literatures

to get clear idea • I have studied different literatures from online

journals, thesis papers, articles and other relevant literatures through internet.

• Narayan Sharma and Suresh Joshi has said – “The problems of food adulteration are more

significant in the developing than developed world and it was estimated that more than 100 million people suffering from food adulteration.”

Continuing……………………… A report was prepared by the National Food Safety Laboratory

(NFSL) under the Institute of Public Health (IPH) after conducting adulteration tests between 1995 and 2011 on different food commodities regularly found in the market like milk powder, species like turmeric, pepper, mustard, edible oil and palm oil.

NFSL chief analyst and deputy director of the IPH, Dr Md Abdur Razzak said,

“Around 40 to 54 per cent of our daily consumed foods including fish, meat, milk, fruits, vegetables, rice, pulses, oil, salt and baby foods examined by the national food safety laboratory were found adulterated and poisonous.”

The food safety laboratory report recommended upgrading of pure food amendment act 2005 and pure food rules of 1967.

Statement of the Problem Supply is less than demand To cut down the product costs to meet the market

competition. To earn more profits. Shortage of authentic ingredients at affordable prices. To preserve food for longer period Lack of the knowledge of impact of food adulteration in

seller and buyer Lack of knowledge about the danger effect of chemical used

in food adulteration Lack of government help to protect food adulteration and

create awareness in public No protection of importing food adulterant chemical

Purpose of the Study• To know the present status of food adulteration in Bangladesh. • To find out the limitations of our law system in providing

support to control food adulteration.• To find out the limitations of our law system in controlling

import of chemical that adulterate food.• To find which food are mostly adulterated and which food are

less adulterated or not adulterated.• How much the sellers are benefited.• Whether they are intentionally or ignorantly adulterating food.• To identify their socio-economic conditions.• To identify the social, economical cost is paid. • To investigate strategies for the prevention of food adulteration. • To recommend how the problem can be uprooted?

Data collection & analysis• I will use both qualitative and quantitative data.• I will use both primary and secondary data to

reduce duplication and get a better result. • I will use survey method of data collection• I will use close ended questions.• There will also focus group discussion.• After completion of the data collection, SPSS

software will be used for data entry and analysis.

• This study will be based on survey method.

Significance of the study• This research will help to find the most adulterated

food, how they are being adulterated, and how this problem can be solved.

• The increasing number of food producers and the outstanding amount of import foodstuffs enables the producers to mislead and cheat consumers.

• To differentiate those who take advantage of legal rules from the ones who commit food adulteration is very difficult.

• Ignorance and unfair market behavior may endanger consumer health and misleading can lead to poisoning.

Time frame

Selection of surveyors 1 week Training of the surveyors 1 week Designing of the questionnaire 15 days Conduct of interview 1 month Analysis of data 1 month Writing of the final report 1 month Total Time = 4 months

BudgetItems Description Total

Data Collectiona. Accommodation

For 30 days * BDT 1000 * 7 persons 2,10,000

a. Travel For 30day * BDT 5120 1,53,600

a. Local Transportation For 7 persons * 30000 2,10,000

Focus Group Discussion For 60 * 10000 6,00,000

Data Entry and Desk work For 30 days * 1000 * 7 2,10,000

Dissemination In Dhaka (any hotel) 30,000

Sub total 14,53,600

Remuneration (optional) 120 working day * 7 *1000 9,10,000

Grand Total 23,23,600

In words: Twenty three Lac twenty three thousand Six Hundred Taka Only.

References…..

1. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research2. www.banglajol.info3. www.sos-arsenic.net/english/environment/food-poison.html 4. www.equitybd.org5. BSTI. (2000) Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution,

Dhaka.6. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?

nid=1980967. www.journalofdairyscience.org8. Wikipedia

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