Bangladesh Food Safety Authority


Bangladesh Food Safety Authority is an autonomous national food safety regulatory agency which works as a statutory organization and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mustak Hassan Md Iftekhar is the chairman of the authority.

History

The authority was formed in February 2015, under the Food Safety Act 2013. The authority works under the Ministry of Food. The authority was modeled on the American Food and Drug Administration. It is governed by a five-member decision making body. The agency has its own mobile court that can fine and sentence people for food adulteration.