Adulteration of Food in Bangladesh
1.0 Executive Summary
Every citizen of Bangladesh and the world at large has the right to purchase of safe food at reasonable prices; however, the safety aspect is often endangered. Use of chemicals in food is rampant around Bangladesh with the proportion of adulterated food items in the market varying between 70 and 90 percent. Despite negative health impacts, countrywide drives against fake and adulterated food through operation of mobile courts and sprouting of ‘formalin free’ markets, the problem persists.
The main objective of this paper is to examine the perception of the citizens (customers and sellers) towards chemical mixed hazardous products in Bangladesh. In order to do, hypotheses were formulated which allowed us to reach specific conclusions about the subject matter in hand.
We have used survey method and extensive research of newspaper, magazines, journals, etc in order to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. The questionnaire devised for the survey consists of open-ended, close ended and Likert scale questions. The sample frame for this survey has been defined as a mixture of consumers and sellers of 18-50 years of age living in Dhaka, Bangladesh; specifications are also made with regards to the respondents’ age and education.
For the data analysis, simple statistical data analysis procedures have been followed using SPSS 19. To determine whether a significant association exists between binomial variables, cross tabulation analysis and chi-square test have also been performed, in addition to mean and standard deviation calculations which were obtained from the frequency analysis.
From the survey and subsequent analysis, all null hypotheses formulated have been found to be correct. It was also found that even though consumers found the adulteration of food objectionable and supported the movement against such practices, their inability to identify fully the presence of chemical in food in addition to other factors, present seller the
Every citizen of Bangladesh and the world at large has the right to purchase of safe food at reasonable prices; however, the safety aspect is often endangered. Use of chemicals in food is rampant around Bangladesh with the proportion of adulterated food items in the market varying between 70 and 90 percent. Despite negative health impacts, countrywide drives against fake and adulterated food through operation of mobile courts and sprouting of ‘formalin free’ markets, the problem persists.
The main objective of this paper is to examine the perception of the citizens (customers and sellers) towards chemical mixed hazardous products in Bangladesh. In order to do, hypotheses were formulated which allowed us to reach specific conclusions about the subject matter in hand.
We have used survey method and extensive research of newspaper, magazines, journals, etc in order to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. The questionnaire devised for the survey consists of open-ended, close ended and Likert scale questions. The sample frame for this survey has been defined as a mixture of consumers and sellers of 18-50 years of age living in Dhaka, Bangladesh; specifications are also made with regards to the respondents’ age and education.
For the data analysis, simple statistical data analysis procedures have been followed using SPSS 19. To determine whether a significant association exists between binomial variables, cross tabulation analysis and chi-square test have also been performed, in addition to mean and standard deviation calculations which were obtained from the frequency analysis.
From the survey and subsequent analysis, all null hypotheses formulated have been found to be correct. It was also found that even though consumers found the adulteration of food objectionable and supported the movement against such practices, their inability to identify fully the presence of chemical in food in addition to other factors, present seller the