RAJSHAHI, July 31, 2018 (BSS) – Speakers at a participatory discussion here called for ensuring safe poultry farming to get hygienic and good quality of meat for protecting the public health from various chronic diseases like
cancer, heart ailment and hepatitis.
They mentioned that manufacturing and marketing of safe poultry feed is the precondition for good poultry farming, adding that all concerned government and non-government bodies should come forward and work together to this end.
The observations came at a view-sharing meeting with poultry farmers styled “Poultry Feed Safety and Consumers Rights” at MRK College Hall room under Paba Upazila in the district yesterday afternoon.
Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) organized it in association with UKaid and British Council. An Issue-based project on “Food Safety Governance in Poultry Sector in Bangladesh” supported the programme.
Upazila Livestock Officer Ismail Haque, Coordinator of the project Amar Costa and its field officers Mohidul Hassan and Mozammel Haque addressed as focal persons disseminating their expertise on the issue.
Haque told the meeting that time-fitting measures are being taken to bring all the poultry farmers, traders, feed manufactures, sellers and others concerned under necessary training to enhance their knowledge.
He laid stress on combined working of all quarters like farmers, hatchery owners, poultry bird sellers, feed meal manufacturers and sellers and the field level officers and staffs to this end.
Haque added that poultry industry has the potential to help Bangladesh achieve the Sustainable Development Goals such as eliminating malnutrition and ensuring better health of the countrymen.
During his concept paper presentation, Agriculturist Mohidul Hassan gave an overview of the country’s poultry sector. He puts forward a set of recommendations on making the poultry sector safe and hygienic.
Using overrated antibiotic in poultry feed is harmful to public health. So, time has come to look into the matter with utmost sincerity, he said, adding “We have to ensure safe poultry feed and good poultry farming management.”