Authors : Emdadul Haque and A.B.M. Mohsin
Abstract: Fishes are the one of the major source of food and protein to human being. In Bangladesh it is called as a national food. Almost every peoples are taking fishes more or less everyday. But now a days, this consumable fishes are being contaminated by formalin by some evil traders. Formalin may harm human body even drawn to death. To determine the level of intensity of formalin misuse to consumable fishes in Dhaka city this study was carried out for a period of three month form July 09 to September 09. Results show that this formalin poison is present frequently in fishes of different fish markets of Dhaka city. It is observed currently that almost 5% shops of total consumable fishes contains formalin treated fishes those sells in fish markets. This intensity also varies market to market and species to species.
Emdadul Haque and A.B.M. Mohsin, 2009. Intensity of Formalin Use for Consumable Fish Preservation in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Journal of Fisheries International, 4: 52-54.