Assessment of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in Selected Food Industries of Bangladesh

Abstract

The study was done to assess Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in selected
food industries of Bangladesh. Three food Industries were randomly selected for
the work according to the convenience of time schedule and financial support. The
industries were S-NB, S-HF and S-IF. The study involved the combination of
collection of information from factory through extensive visits and proximate
analysis of their products in the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science (INFS)
laboratory.
Glucose biscuit, macaroni and potato chips were selected for proximate analysis
from the factories. The study showed that moisture content of different types of
snacks foods ranged between 2.4-9.39 g/lOOg. Protein content o f same foods varies
from 1.8-7.66 g/lOOg. Crude fat content of the products range was between 0.26-
16.13g/100g. Carbohydrate content of considered foods ranged between 71.69-
82.03g/100g. Ash content of such snacks foods lied between 0.31-0.81g/100g.
Dietary fiber content of the products ranged between 0.05-0.1 Ig/lOOg. Potato chips
yield the highest amount of energy which was 462.65 kcal per lOOg. Glucose
biscuits had 461.15 kcal per lOOg and finally macaroni had the energy o f 361.22
kcal per lOOg.
Two of the observed factories showed fair housing infrastructure. Toilet facilities of
the pragmatic factories were dynamic as three factories represent each of the three
different categories poor, fair, and good conditions. First aid boxes and safety
measures (fire prevention etc.) were available in all of the factories. Diseased
personnel were not permitted to work in all the selected factories. S-NB, S-HF and
S-IF had their wastage ratio (%) 1.00, 0.50 and 2.00 respectively. One factory
practiced only physical parameters for quality control. Others practiced
combination of physical, biological and chemical parameters. One factory used
Polypropylene (PP), High Density Polyethylene (HDP), Low Density Polyethylene
(LDP), another used metalized films and finally the last one used combination of 

glass and tetra pack for packaging. All the studied factories had separate storage for
non food items from products and definite place for storage of toxic substances. All
the factories appointed Science graduate as a Quality Control Executive. S-NB had
25% of market share. S-HF and S-IF had 20% and 40% of market share
respectively.