Extensive Food Adulteration in Bangladesh: A Violation of Fundamental Human Rights and the State’s Binding Obligations

The right to life is inherently connected with the right to food which implies that any foodstuff be nutritious and safe. The government of Bangladesh bears binding obligations to protect these rights under both international human rights instruments and its national constitution. The violation of t...

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Published in:Journal of Asian and African studies (Leiden) 2014-10, Vol.49 (5), p.617-629
Main Authors: Solaiman, S M, Ali, Abu Noman Mohammad Atahar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Bangladesh
Company business planning
Consumers
Control
Death
Diseases
Food
Food contamination
Food safety
Government
Human Rights
Law
Markets
Nutrition
Obligation
Planning
Rights
Safety and security measures
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Summary:The right to life is inherently connected with the right to food which implies that any foodstuff be nutritious and safe. The government of Bangladesh bears binding obligations to protect these rights under both international human rights instruments and its national constitution. The violation of these rights has, nonetheless, been commonplace causing numerous human deaths and terminal diseases. The perpetrators have been adulterating foods, flouting laws with impunity and taking advantage of regulatory impotence and governmental lenience for decades. Laws exist in books, regulators subsist in theory, but consumers die without remedies. This situation must not prevail forever as every human has an inherent right to live until their natural demise. This article aims to explore the binding obligations of the government to prevent food adulteration and to protect people’s essential rights. It highlights that numerous laws exist almost invisibly in the country, and recommends that their enforcement be reinforced in order to protect the people who are exposed to the overly contaminated food markets in Bangladesh.
ISSN:0021-9096
1745-2538
DOI:10.1177/0021909614523547