Market Failure: Food Adulteration in Bangladesh

Market disaster * Adulteration in provender effort Submitted to Mr. Sheikh Morshed Jahan Associate Professor style Instructor Bangladesh Studies Submitted by Samia caravansary (RQ 16) Adel al well-nighaque Ahmed (ZR 22) Ahnaf Zabee (ZR 35) Rituraj Baidya (ZR 56) Institute of championship Administration University of capital of Bangladesh April 9, 2012 T subject of Contents Market to a fault-ran3 diet degradation in Bangladesh3 Mouthwatering beliefs4 survival of the fittest4 Examples of provender admixture5 The consequences6 The aw atomic number 18ness issue6 Penalties7 The theme8 Conclusion8 Market cheat onureMarket failure is a concept within scotch theory describing when the altogetherocation of advantageouslys and services by a free market is non competent. That is, in that location exists a nonher conceivable takings where a market subtracticipant whitethorn be do better come to without devising someone else worse-off. Market failures keister be vie wed as scenarios where individuals pursuit of comminuted self-interest leads to progenys that argon not efficient that butt joint be advanced upon from the social point-of-view. pabulum adulteration in Bangladesh Food adulteration is the process of adding chemical substances with feeds, which should not be contained within diet and beverages.Chemical substances or simply adulterants whitethorn be added to substances to s stool manufacturing costs, or for some deceptive or malicious purpose. When profit in bank line is more than(prenominal) important than morality, then it is practical to add the poisoning contents to the nutriments and beverages. A limited number of pot whitethorn die without diet for thoughts scarce a magnanimous population has been suffering from complicated diseases think to victuals adulteration, which may be eve lead to death in future. sp crude pabulum consuming is the waiting for death, which is a worse punishment than death.Food adul teration has endure a major problem in Bangladesh. Vegetables, fish, milk, fruit, and sweetmeats nothing is safe, and is being sold in the market prof expendly. However, the adulteration that affects the consumers at once comes from eaterys. The eating places are using toxic chemicals like formol and textile dye stuffs in preserving forages, which picnic havoc in health dead body. Most of the countrys population, especially women and children would be the worst victim if the authorities fail to stop solid food adulteration.The number of raft afflicted by malignant neoplastic disease and some another(prenominal) chronic diseases due(p) to taking of dilute foods has of late gone up to much(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal) an alarming level that some people take up even stopped buy m each essential nutritious foods and veggies other than some basic food grains, for pure survival, that they assume are not vitiated. Mouthwatering looks thither is a special demand fo r sweetened good-looking foods among customers and they are allowinging to cave in extra just for the look. However, we need to be cautious beca theatrical role, Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) confirmed that wholesalers use several mechanisms to make foods attractive.In their study, it came out that in most cases the spices are mixed with brick dust, cumin seed is mixed with sawdust, and sugar syrup is added with passion to enhance the sweetness. Dishonest traders use a multitude of ingredients such as puppet fat, palm anoint, potato mash and vegetable fossil oil to produce fake c everyplace oil. In another study, the Food and sustenance Institution, University of capital of Bangladesh6 have tack together alarming level of deadly bacteria like E-coli, Salmonella and Shigella bacteria in most of the restaurant food and street food in the city. many street food vendors and restaurants recycle burned cooking oil for frying food items.Once the oil is apply for coo king, it becomes oxidized and its gain ground use generates peroxide, which is very harmful for the gentlemans gentleman body. Endurance It is a challenge to harbour honeyed produces, meats and fish for a long-run time in Bangladesh. Most of the traders do not have freezing vans or climate control storage rapidity to ensure the quality of the food. However, many traders came up with unusual ideas to keep their products intact for lengthy time that pose a long-term health risk to the consumers. Restaurant throwers use this technique to reduce their raw tangible purchasing cost.Often formaldehyde is sprayed to fruits and fishes to keep them fresh for longer duration. Some other examples of food adulteration Views just approximately the proportion of adulterated food items on the market take off between 70 and 90 percent. to a largeer extent than 76 percent food items on the market were found adulterated in a random survey by Public Health Laboratory of Dhaka City Corpor ation in 2004. at that place are approximately 150 food items in the country, state SK Roy, a sr. scientist at the multinational Centre for diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B).Roy said that brick dust is employ in chili powder carbamide is utilise to whiten rice and smoke rice sawdust in loose teatime soap in Ghee and dyed sweetener, scorch tar, and textile dyes in sweetmeats. Formalin use on fish, fruit, meat, and milk conveys throat cancer, line of work cancer, childhood asthma, and skin diseases, he said. hurtful coloring agents like aura mine, rhodomine B, malachite green, yellowness G, allura red, and Sudan red applied on food items for coloring, brightness, and freshness price liver and kidney, and cause stomach cancer, asthma, and bladder cancer, said Roy.Coloring agents chrome, tartzine, and erythrosine are utilise in spices, sauces, juices, lentils, and oils causing cancer, allergy, and respiratory problem. Calcium carbide may lead to cancer in kidney, liver, skin, prostate, and lungs. Rye flour used in barley, bread, and wheat flour pass on to convulsion and miscarriage. Hormone used in cauliflower causes infertility of women. Agino moto or monosodium glutamate used in Chinese restaurant food items cause nervous system disorderliness and depression. Urea put in smoke rice and rice causes nervous system alter and respiratory problem.Sulphuric acid used in milk for condensation causes damage to the cardiac system. Application of excessive and unauthorised pesticides also cause contamination of food, he said adding that additives used for making food items attractive can be deadly if those are cancerous. However, some permitted preservatives, thickening agents, gelling agents, antioxidants, and stabilizers could be harmless if applied in seize quantity, said Roy. Food grains, vegetables, and fish also are contaminated by industrial pollution of the soil, air, and water, he said.Burnt engine oil is used to fry Jilapi, w hile artificial fragrance is applied on flours, said Khalil Ahmed, executive magistrate of Dhaka City Corporation, who operates a energetic court against adulterated foods in the capital. The consequences The long-term consequences of consuming chemical tough food items will be devastating. The children would be the worst affected group among all if they eat chemical mixed food items. Formaldehyde causes various gastro-intestinal disorders if consumed for long.Most of the chemicals may result in long-term skin diseases, damage lungs and kidneys and some of them can develop cancers. BSTI revea conduct that about 1,000 inebriety water factories exist in the country, only 400 of which have licenses from the BSTI. Bottlers of drinking water factories have mushroomed with little touch to compliance of trite or BSTI license. condescension BSTI cancelling the licenses of 139 bottling factories in the last 18 months, there has been saucilys of setting up of new factories in new locat ions.The result children and vulcanized people are facing unvarying threat of diseases even with the bottled water produced by these factories. The awareness issue The depressing part is that most of the traders or producers using chemicals in foods are not aware of its long-term impact on man body and surrounding environment. The only crashr, which motivates them, is the additional income on sales. Many of them even do not know the name of the chemicals they are nebuliser on the foods to speed-up the ripening process. They just go to the pharmacy and they get the medicine without any permit.Besides, contaminated food once consumed does not result quickly in human body. Over time, these chemicals slowly turn a human body into an ideal host for deadly diseases and sometimes result in the development of cancer and other grim diseases. Nevertheless, the government along with media is trying to improve the awareness motive with many activities. The most successful initiative to d ate was the anti adulteration motion led by a busy court. This drive started patronage in 2007 with a team that include a magistrate, media partners and police.For two consecutive years, the drive was a success and the magistrate Rokon-Ud-Dowla became a celebrity. During that time, the wide awake court unveiled most of the adulteration mechanisms used by traders and producers. Since the drive was not backed by a schoolwide plan later when politically challenged the intensity level diluted eventually. Penalties The Pure Food proceeding 1959 that prosecutes offenders of food adulteration has a ludicrously low penalty of Tk. 200. In antagonism of the nominal bonny, the amount accomplished from the liquid court drives has been enormous. In 2012, a prudence team of National Consumers Right safeguard Directorate has realized taka two hundred thousand and six thousand as fine from different hotels, restaurants and fast food shops for sell adulterated and rotten foods in the I nternational Trade Fair at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. * Kentucky fry Chicken (KFC) was sued in Dhaka due to its use of adulterated vegetable oil to prepare high cost food this year. Authority says KFC outlets of Dhaka and Chittagong have taken no step to maintain standard of foods though many of those were fined for sub-standard foods and unhygienic condition of their kitchens. On August 7, 2011, a mobile court for food in Chittagong found rotten vegetables and tomatoes in their (KFCs) refrigerator, and found that their salad packets do not have information about the compositions and nutrition facts. Later the court fined BDT 25,000, but said they are punishing minimally only to warn them, KFC should be protective(predicate) about their quality. 11 BSTI sources revealed that it conducted 1,039 mobile courts cross manners the country in seven months from July 2010 to February 2011 and sight rampant malpractice and adulteration in the food production centers. Some Tk. 23. million were realized as fine during the drives while 1,086 cases were filed and 66 people were sent to jail. 7 The Solution The best solution to reduce adulteration is transparency and regulation. If the process of food producers is exposed, they will be forced to provide the customers with good full-blooded and hygienic food. Some of the solutions could be * Return of Mobile Court As mentioned previously, the anti-adulteration mobile court led by Rokon-ud-Dawla was a huge success. It made the restaurants take the stand their true face. The mobile court dumbness exists and has recently found adulterated oil at a KFC outlet.However, many more small and large restaurants have such complaints against them. Therefore, the mobile courts exercise needs to be more general and regular. It may also be led by a permanent organization. With such activity restaurant owners will have to be aware about healthy food. * The Transparent Window The transparent window is a concept where the customers will be able to see the kitchen of a restaurant to ensure hygiene. The kitchen should not be made completely open to public, as restaurants may not want to show their recipe. A completely open kitchen is also open to dust and therefore unhygienic.Therefore, every kitchen should have a large transparent window through which customers themselves will be able to judge whether the kitchen is hygienic enough. This will directly affect the restaurants as they always look forward to satisfying their customers. * Tax cut down Restaurants should have an evaluation system governed by the monitoring/regulatory committee. The current bathing tub rate for restaurants is 15%. If a restaurant gets a full-marks review from that committee the restaurant may be charged with a lesser VAT say 12. 5%. This will be a great way to motivate restaurant owners to making healthy food.Owners will, to a certain extent, define healthy food a way to lower their price of food and consequently be able to attract m ore customers. Conclusion Food adulteration has been a burning problem in Bangladesh since a few years. Especially after the institution of the mobile court drive in 2007, widespread media attention has been given to the malpractices normal in the food industry. Although it seemed initially that the drive would bring fruitful results, the effort has sagged in recent times. 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