Passage

It is a real wonder that people in our country are not dying in scores eating what we call food. There is hardly any food items from fish to meat, vegetables to milk, biscuits to chocolates, that is not adulterated in one way or another. Recently we have come to know from the newspaper reports that a whole variety of adulterated foods are getting caught by the mobile courts across the country.

Newspaper reports have also brought to light the magnitude of adulterated food items. The mobile courts are actively operating their inspections and punishing and fining almost all their hotel managers for using unsafe food ingredients and keeping their kitchens unhygienic. The mobile courts have also caught the restaurant people red-handed for using chemicals and artificial colours which are usually used in dying clothes in their food items.

The mobile courts are formed by the Home Ministry following newspaper reports on adulterated food. Unstandard and unhygienic food stuffs are being sold in most of the hotels and restaurants indiscriminately. As a result of eating stale and unsafe food, people are suffering from serious diseases including diarrhoea and dysentery all the year round.

The dishonest and unscrupulous businessmen and the hoteliers are not maintaining the rules of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) and they continue to sell food unfit for human consumption. We, the general consumers, ask for fresh food for our safety. Home Ministry deserves thanks for its initiatives. But we hope that the BSTI will be made active and ensure that consumers get safe food. It is our right as citizens to get pure and safe food.

বাংলা অনুবাদ

(a) Answer the Questions

(i) What type of foods do people of our country eat today?

People of our country today eat mostly adulterated and unsafe foods.

(ii) What is the result of eating stale and unsafe food?

Eating stale and unsafe food causes serious diseases like diarrhoea and dysentery.

(iii) What is the right of a citizen regarding food?

It is the right of every citizen to get pure and safe food.

(b) Main Idea & Supporting Ideas

Main Idea:
The passage describes the problem of adulterated food and the importance of ensuring safe food for citizens.

Supporting Ideas:
• Many foods in the country are adulterated.
• Mobile courts are catching dishonest businessmen.
• Unsafe ingredients are used in hotels and restaurants.
• Eating unsafe food causes serious diseases.
• Citizens have the right to safe food.

(c) Meanings & Sentences

Adulterated – (Impure)
Sentence: Adulterated food is harmful.

Deserve – (Merit)
Sentence: He deserves praise.

Mobile – (Moving)
Sentence: The mobile court inspected the hotel.

Unscrupulous – (Dishonest)
Sentence: Unscrupulous traders sell unsafe food.

Consumer – (Buyer)
Sentence: Consumers want safe food.

Magnitude – (Greatness)
Sentence: The magnitude of the problem is serious.

Ingredients – (Components)
Sentence: Fresh ingredients make food healthy.

(d) Summary

Adulterated food is a serious problem in our country. Many foods are mixed with harmful substances. Mobile courts are punishing dishonest businessmen and hotel owners. Eating such food causes diseases like diarrhoea and dysentery. Citizens have the right to get pure and safe food, so authorities must ensure food safety.