Dhaka, May 1 -- Public health experts have called for ensuring access to vitamin A-fortified edible oil for the people in Bangladesh as it is very important for protecting public health.

They said the government has already formulated and implemented the Vitamin A Fortification in Edible Oil Act.

Marketing edible oil without fortifying Vitamin A is offensive acts as per the law, but, bulk edible oil marketed in drums fortifying of the vitamin is still found as an obstruction of ensuring the proper implementation of the law.

Reazul Haque, Deputy Director, Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution; Ashek Mahfuz, portfolio lead for Large Scale Food Fortification and Value Chain, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition; Md Shafiqul Islam...