Bangladesh Country Investment Plan - Feed the Future

Programme 12: Food Safety and Quality Improvement
1 Programme
Aggregate
Output
2 Output
Indicators
B. Key Features
National food safety and quality assurance and surveillance services are
strengthened
• # of food items standardized by BSTI (3.6.1 PoA Monitoring Report)
• Variation (%) of food-borne diarrhoea in under 5 children (in two week period)
• Variation (%) in coverage o f safe water supply for domestic use (3.5.1 PoA
Monitoring Report)
• Variation in access to safe drinking water in arsenic affected areas (3.5.3 PoA
Monitoring Report)
3 Relevant
Government
policies,
strategies and
plans
4 Major ongoing
investment
operations
5 Costs and financing
requirements (from Annex 4)
12.1 Improve surveillance system of
food borne illnesses
12.2 Develop and enhance
capacities of laboratories and
systems for food quality assurance
and safety and control of food
NSAPR II (Revised): Section 3.4.2 and 3.5.2;
NFP Plan of Action: Objective No. 3.6;
National Food and Nutrition Policy: section 5.5, strategies A8, and B12;
NPAN: Objective and target 3.2 in section 4 and Strategy section 4.3;
NMTBF: Thrust area no. 7;
National Agriculture Policy: Section 16.1,
National Fisheries Policy: Section 7.16 - 7.19,9.1.1, 9.1.3, 9.2.1-9.2.8, 9.3.1 –
9.3.3;
National Livestock Policy: Section 4.1- 4.2 and 4.7-4.8.
The most significant investment in programme 12 is the Improving Food Safety,
Quality and Food Control in Bangladesh, implemented by FAO and the IPH
(MoHFW).
12.3 Support the development of a
modern food control management
system
Priority
Rank
Total Existing Total
Gap
Priority gap
M 8.79 2.67 6.12 3.06
M 163.21 1.78 161.43 80.72
M 14.46 4.46 10.00 7.00
Updated Bangladesh Country Investment Plan: A Road Map Towards investing in Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition
2 June 2011
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