Health
How a shopper can tell whether a packaged product meets the standard
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.
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Agribusiness
Rebuilding Syria's farms is peace infrastructure, Alliance researchers argue
With wheat output at roughly a third of pre-conflict levels and livestock herds halved, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT sets out six priorities for Syria's agricultural recovery, from cereal and seed systems to rangelands and cooperatives.
AgribusinessUS opens $7.5m for cold storage so food banks can take fresh farm produce
Grants of up to $200,000 per project will pay for refrigeration in the middle of the food assistance supply chain, letting emergency food networks handle meat, dairy and fresh produce.
Fisheries
Why farmed fish tastes muddy, and what the scientists blame
Researchers say geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol, released by bacteria in unchanged pond water, settle in the fat and red muscle of the fish.
HealthSoybean oil alone may add 6,441 microplastic particles to an adult's year
Researchers from Jahangirnagar University and BUP estimated that soybean oil sold in Dhaka exposes an adult to an average of 17.65 microplastic particles a day, about 6,441 a year, and a child to about 28,180 a year.
HealthBangladesh requires street food stalls to register with food safety authority
Regulations 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.
HealthBSTI orders eight products, including a mango pickle, withdrawn from the market
In 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.
CookingHow to cook broiler chicken without the smell, and keep it safe
In July 2026 Jagonews24 suggested proper storage, a lemon and ginger-garlic marinade and well-fried spices to rid farm chicken of its faint smell. USDA and WHO guidance adds: cook raw chicken within 1 or 2 days of refrigerating it, do not wash it, and cook it thoroughly.
LivestockThe white strand on an egg yolk is the chalaza, and it is safe to eat
The white, thread-like strands on either side of an egg yolk are the chalazae, twisted cords of egg-white protein that hold the yolk in place; they are safe to eat and usually more prominent in fresh eggs.
FisheriesHow to Tell Fresh Prawns at the Market: Smell, Colour, Firmness and Ice
Prawns stored for a long time or of poor quality are often sold as fresh, Jagonews24 warned in July 2026. US Food and Drug Administration advice shows how smell, flesh colour and the ice in a pack reveal their quality.
CropsFruit expert seeks trial over fruit destroyed 'in the name of formalin'
At a June 2026 roundtable in Dhaka, fruit expert Dr Md Mehedi Masud said farmers' fruit was once destroyed 'in the name of formalin' and demanded that those responsible face justice and that the affected farmers be compensated.
AgribusinessWorld Bank: agrifood investment could create 5 million jobs in MENA, Afghanistan, Pakistan
A World Bank Group report released on June 29, 2026 estimated that an extra US$12 billion a year for water-efficient irrigation and farm innovation, with policy reform, could help create 5 million jobs in the region by 2050 and lift cereal yields by 72 percent.
LivestockHow to Tell a Fresh Egg From an Old One, Before and After Cracking It
The carton date, the float test and the look of a cracked egg give a guide to its age, but US food-safety officials say a floating egg is old, not necessarily bad: the smell decides.