Bangladesh to Create Database of Sanitary Trading Requirements to Help Exporters, Importers

Bangladesh will introduce a database of sanitary and phytosanitary measures to help importers and exporters better comply with global requirements on “food safety, plants and animal health issues,” according to a Sept. 1 report from New Age, a Bangladesh-based newspaper. In doing so, Bangladesh’s commerce ministry has asked traders and other industry representatives to detail common challenges they face when dealing with sanitary requirements, the report said. A common problem is a lack of knowledge about the requirements by other countries, the report said. Bangladeshi officials suspect some countries of using the requirements as non-tariff barriers, according to the report.