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Bangladesh Agricultural University opens BSc course in Food Safety Management
The Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) will soon be accepting students in a new undergraduate course on Food Safety Management.
Published : 22 June 2017, 04:59 AM
Updated : 22 June 2017, 04:59 AM
Enrolment for the program is set to begin on January 2018.
The university will be partnering with the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the Dublin Institute of Technology to train a new generation of food safety experts in the course.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing financial assistance to the program.
“In order to meet the needs of our rapidly expanding food processing and manufacturing sector, we need technically qualified and professionally competent safe food officers to verify compliance with food regulations” said Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) Chairman Md Mahfuzul Hoque.
“This new course in food safety management will ensure that we have a steady supply of qualified graduates to satisfy the requirements of the official food control sector,” Hoque said.
According to the FAO, the new educational programme will help Bangladesh gain middle-income status by 2021.
“There is an urgent need to align the food safety regulations and standards of Bangladesh with the requirements of international trading partners and the World Trade Organization,” it said in a statement.
The new programme has been developed to dynamically keep pace with innovations in the food sector and flexibly adapt to developments in food control.
“The new BSc course will deliver a tailored and proportionate approach to food business compliance, including ensuring that government resources focus on those areas that pose the greatest risk to public health,” said BAU Vice-Chancellor Prof Md Ali Akbar.
"Choosing to specialise in food safety is probably one of the smartest career investments a student can pursue in Bangladesh," said FAO’s Representative in Bangladesh Dr Sue Lautze "The public and private sector demand for this specialization will continue to outpace supply for the foreseeable future."
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