RAJSHAHI, Jan 16, 2019 (BSS) – Speakers at a discussion here stressed
the need for ensuring safe feed and resisting high-powered antibiotics use to
get best quality of poultry meat.
They also sought support of concerned government and non-government
entities to ensure safe poultry meat for a sound public health.
The observations came at a view-sharing meeting with feed dealers,
poultry drug sellers and poultry bird retailers at MRK College conference
hall under Paba Upazila in the district on Tuesday.
Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) organized the meeting in
association with UKaid and British Council. An Issue-based project on “Food
Safety Governance in Poultry Sector in Bangladesh” supported it.
Chaired by CAB Field Coordinator Agriculturist Mijanur Rahman the meeting
was addressed, among others, by Upazila Livestock Officer Dr Khandaker Sagar
Ahmed, CAB Project Manager Syeda Amirun Nuzhat and its field officers
Agriculturists Mohidul Hassan and Mozammel Haque.
The discussants viewed that good poultry farming practice to ensuring
safe poultry and its production is very vital for making public health free
from various diseases.
They mentioned there should be adequate measures to bring all the
poultry farmers, traders, feed manufactures, sellers and others concerned
under necessary training to enhance their awareness in this field.
All quarters like poultry feed and bird sellers, feed meal manufacturers
and the field level officers and staffs should work together to this end.
Dr Khandaker Sagar Ahmed said the lion’s share of chicken meat and eggs
are being produced by the poultry industry which has also created job
opportunities all over the country as well.
He 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.