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:: AGENCIES
INVOLVED IN QUALITY AND SAFETY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS :: |
Competent Authority |
THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES (DOF) 
- Competent Authority for
certifying fishery exports to the EU
- 57 processing establishments approved for export to the EU
- DOF also advises processors regarding corrective
actions to be taken when problems with quality arise
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Health Inspection |
None in Force
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Standards Setting Agency
(s) |
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
(BSTI)
- Formulation of National Standards of Industrial,
food and chemical products done by Standards Wing
- Conduct training programme on HACCP with
assistance from UNIDO
- Many national standards derived from Codex
recommendations
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Traceability |
Export Promotion Bureau (EPB)
UNITED NATIONS
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
Export Promotion
Bureau (EPB) has conducted a series of workshops for the fish
processing industry to create awareness about traceability
There
is an on going project funded by EU-UNIDO on "Strengthening of Fish Inspection and
Quality Control Service in Bangladesh". The following are the
important aspects which are going to be implemented by the project:
- Existing Laboratory to be modernized to ensure appropriate
testing facility of Fish and Fishery Products;
- Quality assurance by up-dating existing monitoring systems;
- Development of value-added products;
- Human Resource Development through compliance of HACCP,
training, women development, study tour, consultative meeting,
visit, monitoring and evaluation;
- Management Development; and
- Research and investigation.
Bangladesh requested the European Communities to
provide more technical and financial assistance, mainly in the
fisheries and livestock sectors. The European Communities is
going to arrange a training program for technical personnel in
France and Indonesia.
The inception phase of the programme
started on January 2006 and will be implemented from July 2006. The
programme will be handed over between July 2006 to December
2009.
The Industries Minister informed that the government
has already taken various steps and implement strategically
important modernization programmes to strengthen the Bangladesh
Standards and Testing Institute (BSTI).
United Nations
Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) is providing support to
bring the fish inspection and traceability capability of Department
of Fisheries and the private sector up to a level to meet EU and USA
standards.
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CODEX |
BSTI is the Codex Focal Point for
Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution is established as an
Institution for standardization, testing, metrology, quality
control, grading and marking of goods. Within the framework of this
ordinance, Government has established the Bangladesh Standards and
Testing Institution (BSTI).One import task is to certify the quality
of commodities, materials, whether for local consumption, export and
import. The Ordinance has been amended as The Bangladesh Standards
and Testing Institution (Amendment) Act, 2003. Currently, BSTI is
developing a ‘Policy on Labelling'.
CODEX CONTACT POINT :
BANGLADESH
Director-General
Bangladesh Standards and
Testing
Institution (BSTI)
116/A,
Tejgaon Industrial Area
Dhaka 8
Bangladesh
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