After minister Willie Aucamp put allegations of serious misconduct to the board of Onderstepoort Biological Products, acting chief executive Dr Jacob Modumo was given notice of precautionary suspension pending an independent investigation; the state vaccine agency is alleged to have bought FMD doses
After ordering spices and ghee off the shelves, BSTI says scanning the QR code on the wrapper is the quickest way to separate genuine from fake.
About 30 varieties of turmeric are used in the cooking of Asia, Africa and South America, and sales of turmeric supplements in Western markets are rising fast.
Researchers say geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol, released by bacteria in unchanged pond water, settle in the fat and red muscle of the fish.
Researchers say an adult takes in an average of 17.65 microplastic particles a day from soybean oil, and a child 77.21 a day from everyday food.
HealthRegulations gazetted on 16 July 2026 required everyone in the food trade, from footpath stalls to food importers, to register with or be licensed by the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority.
HealthIn July 2026 Bangladesh's standards body ordered a mango pickle, an ice cream, soft drink powders and several cosmetics from four companies off the market after they failed laboratory tests.
HealthIn July 2026 public health expert Dr Mushtaq Hossain told BBC Bangla that in a flood there is water everywhere but none fit to drink, one of the biggest public health problems a flood brings.
VegetablesIn a June 2026 BBC Bangla report, senior gastroenterologist Arul Prakash said potato is not among the foods that cause the most gas, but large portions, the way it is cooked and a person's digestion can leave some people bloated.
The campaign should run twice a year but was last held in March last year; it normally reaches an average of 25.5 million children.
HealthProfessor Md Sayedul Arefin, director of the University of Dhaka's Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, told BBC Bangla in May 2026 that plant fat is far better than animal fat, which should be eaten in moderation.
For more than 20 years a state plantation corporation sprayed the cheap, highly toxic insecticide endosulfan over cashew estates in Kasaragod district of Kerala; the birth defects and neurological illness that followed are the subject of a photographer's two-decade record now on show in Kochi.
With many companies now selling ghee, here are three ways to check whether the ghee you buy is pure.
