Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- No one can predict when the struggle of the people of the country for safe food will come to an end, even though consuming safe food is considered a basic right.

While the government has undertaken a few initiatives to reduce the availability of contaminated food in the market, statistics from the last five years indicate that the consumption of adulterated food has been on the rise.

According to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), around 70 per cent of the population consumes contaminated food, leading to various diseases such as cancer and others. This has resulted in an increase in hospital admissions across the country.

The government has enacted several laws aimed at ens...