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dc.contributor.authorNasreen, Sharifa
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Tahmeed
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-11T05:52:22Z
dc.date.available2017-01-11T05:52:22Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationNasreen, S., & Ahmed, T. (2014). Food adulteration and consumer awareness in dhaka city, 1995-2011. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 32(3), 452-464.en_US
dc.identifier.issn16060997
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/7583
dc.descriptionThis 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/25395908en_US
dc.description.abstractWe 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.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher© 2014 International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Researchen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25395908
dc.subjectAdulterantsen_US
dc.subjectConsumer awarenessen_US
dc.subjectFood adulterationen_US
dc.subjectFood hazarden_US
dc.subjectFood safetyen_US
dc.subjectTemporal trenden_US
dc.subjectBangladesh
dc.titleFood adulteration and consumer awareness in Dhaka city, 1995-2011en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.description.versionPublished
dc.contributor.departmentJames P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University


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