, April 29 -- Speakers at journalists' workshop on Tuesday said a coordinated effort is needed among the Ministry of Industries, BSTI, the Directorate of National Consumers' Rights Protection, Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA), and all other relevant agencies to ensure consumer access to safe edible oil.

They said this at a journalists' workshop titled "Vitamin Fortified Safe Edible Oil for All: Progress, Challenges and Way Forward" in the city.

Vitamin 'A' deficiency causes physiological issues that include blindness, maternal death during pregnancy, etc. On the other hand, Vitamin 'D' deficiency causes rickets, leads to a loss of bone density and increases the chances of developing heart diseases, hypertension, diabetes, and oth...