The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has issued the Safe
Food Regulations, 2026, making BFSA registration and licensing mandatory
for all types of food businesses, from street vendors to supermarkets. While
the initiative to bring greater discipline to the food sector has been
welcomed, business owners say the new requirement amounts to an ‘18th license
burden’ on top of the approvals they already need from 17 government agencies.
They fear that overlapping regulations and bureaucra...