Bangladesh Food Safety Authority

Bangladesh Food Safety Authority is an autonomous national food safety regulatory agency which works as a statutory organization and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mustak Hassan Md Iftekhar is the founder chairman of the authority. Mr. Zakaria is the new chairman of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority.

History
The authority was formed in February 2015, under the Food Safety Act 2013. The authority works under the Ministry of Food. The authority was modeled on the United States Food and Drug Administration. It is governed by a five-member decision-making body. The agency has its own mobile court that can fine and sentence people for food adulteration.