During the meeting, they discussed about various issues relating to mutual interest.
BSS
25 October, 2026, 09:00 pm
Last modified: 25 October, 2026, 09:07 pm
Food Minister Afroza Khanam Rita today (25 October) sought technical support from the United States to ensure food safety and quality testing of imported food grains alongwith improving long-term grain storage capacity.
The minister sought the support when the US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen paid a courtesy call on the minister at her office at Bangladesh Secretariat here, an official handout said.
During the meeting, they discussed about various issues relating to mutual interest.
Regarding Bangladesh's food storage capacity, the minister said Bangladesh faced various challenges in storing food grains, particularly rice and wheat, for long periods due to its climatic conditions.
The meeting also discussed the scope of utilising US experts' experience in grain storage technologies and management.
The US ambassador thanked the minister and praised her initiatives to this end. He said the possibility of cooperation from US experts in providing technical assistance to ensure food safety would be considered.
The meeting also discussed wheat imports from the United States to Bangladesh. Both sides expressed satisfaction that wheat imports were being completed within the stipulated timeframe under the agreement, with no problems in the process.
During the meeting, the food minister also shared her experience of recently visiting a wheat-laden ship carrying imported US wheat at the outer anchorage of Chattogram sea port.
Food Secretary Abu Taher Md. Masud Rana, Director General of the Directorate General of Food Md. Jashim Uddin Khan, US embassy's foreign agricultural affairs officer Erin Covert and senior officials of the ministry of Food were present on the occasion.