Staff Reporter :
A government-run food testing laboratory has found presence of lead, pesticides and several other harmful chemicals in the samples it collected from cow fodder and dairy products in different parts of the country.
The National Food Safety Laboratory (NFSL) revealed its survey results at a programme held in the Public Health Institute auditorium in the capital on Sunday.
Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad moderated the programme while Professor Dr Shahnila Ferdousi, Technical Manager and Head of NFSL revealed the survey results.
The survey was conducted on samples of cow fodder, cow milk, packaged milk and curd, collected from 27 upazilas of Dhaka and three other districts.
As many as 96 samples collected directly from dairy farms were found to be contaminated with pesticides (9 per cent samples), lead (15per cent samples), tetracycline (13pc samples), while microbiological impurities were found in 96 pc of the samples.
In the 31 samples of packaged milk of all brands available in the market, both local and foreign, 30 per cent of the samples contained tetracycline and one contained lead above permitted levels while microbiological impurities were found in 66-80 per cent of the samples.
The survey says that pesticides, lead, chromium, tetracycline, enrofloxacin, ciprocin, and aflatoxin contaminated the cow fodder samples.
Besides, microbiological impurities were found in 51 per cent of curd samples collected from sweets shops of different brands while one sample contained lead above permitted level.
A government-run food testing laboratory has found presence of lead, pesticides and several other harmful chemicals in the samples it collected from cow fodder and dairy products in different parts of the country.
The National Food Safety Laboratory (NFSL) revealed its survey results at a programme held in the Public Health Institute auditorium in the capital on Sunday.
Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad moderated the programme while Professor Dr Shahnila Ferdousi, Technical Manager and Head of NFSL revealed the survey results.
The survey was conducted on samples of cow fodder, cow milk, packaged milk and curd, collected from 27 upazilas of Dhaka and three other districts.
As many as 96 samples collected directly from dairy farms were found to be contaminated with pesticides (9 per cent samples), lead (15per cent samples), tetracycline (13pc samples), while microbiological impurities were found in 96 pc of the samples.
In the 31 samples of packaged milk of all brands available in the market, both local and foreign, 30 per cent of the samples contained tetracycline and one contained lead above permitted levels while microbiological impurities were found in 66-80 per cent of the samples.
The survey says that pesticides, lead, chromium, tetracycline, enrofloxacin, ciprocin, and aflatoxin contaminated the cow fodder samples.
Besides, microbiological impurities were found in 51 per cent of curd samples collected from sweets shops of different brands while one sample contained lead above permitted level.
