Fighting food adulteration, one cow at the time

You learn quickly in Dhaka that you can't really trust anybody when it comes to food. Everybody messes with it no matter how low or high they are on the chain. They mix inferior quality with the standard one, ripen fruit prematurely or prolong their shelf live by treating them with toxic chemicals. This is in my opinion the most serious curse this country is facing. It is self inflicted and man-made, but so far they have not been able to address.

Until now, very little has been done to address the issue. Last week though, we finally got the "Safe Food" law approved. The law imposes harsh punishments like jail time of seven years' imprisonment for the first time offence or double that for a repeat.

Now, allow me to be skeptical about the implementation of this law. After all,  the country is not particularly known for implementation of its own laws. I am still to see anybody being stopped by the police for a traffic incident and I have been here for 6 months already.

So, what am I left with until the law is strictly reinforced? Well, fighting food adulteration by going back to the basic (as in the source). Here is the cow (or should I say bull?) that will give me some peace of mind when it comes to the source of protein for the family.

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