The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) organized a training session for foodpanda's home chefs and restaurant owners of Sylhet to improve hygiene standards while preparing food and its packaging for consumers.
BFSA has conducted this training session for all the stakeholders including foodpanda's top officials with a view to sharing the government's laws and regulations on hygiene, health concerns, safety, food storage and packaging standards for the consumers, reads a press release.
Moreover, the training also focused on the best practices of kitchen operations.
Abdun Naser Khan, secretary of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority graced the event as the chief guest with the presence of top officials of foodpanda, including Jamal Yusuff Zuberi, director of finance; Siddhartha Bhowmick, head of business development; and Avinash Maheshwaram, head of marketplace operations. The session was organized at a hotel in Sylhet last week.
“Bangladesh Food Safety Authority has been working tirelessly to ensure safe food at every step of the food chain since its establishment. As part of this commitment, the training programme organized for foodpanda's restaurant partners will greatly assist online food businesses in preparing, serving, packaging, and delivering food safely to customers,” BFSA Secretary Abdun Naser Khan said.
“I would like to thank all concerned for organizing this training in Sylhet. We hope foodpanda will organize this training programme in all the districts in the future and BFSA will be happy to guide and assist,” he added..
“I believe the training session on hygiene and safe food preparation conducted by BFSA in collaboration with foodpanda will encourage everyone to adhere to the protocols of a healthy kitchen environment as well as help us ensure consistency in our service quality,” Jamal Yusuff Zuberi said.
“Foodpanda is constantly concerned with service quality while introducing innovative ideas to enhance the digital lifestyle of the people of Bangladesh,” he added.