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SFA signs two agreements with ICCBS-Karachi University 

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KARACHI: Sindh Food Authority (SFA) has signed two Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi.

SFA signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Halal Certification Testing and Research Services (HCTRS) and the Industrial Analytical Center (IAC), ICCBS, University of Karachi.

This MoA aims to create a long-term framework of collaboration, cooperation, and development of a strong linkage between SFA and the research centers of the ICCBS for the testing of food products, which is in the interest of both institutions.

The SFA Director General Agha Fakhar Hussain and Prof Dr Farzana Shaheen, the Director of the ICCBS, University of Karachi, signed the agreement in a meeting held at the HEJ, Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi on Friday evening.

In his talk, the SFA Director-General praised the efforts made by the ICCBS administration to make this agreement possible in the interest of Sindh province. He also praised the industrial support and national services of the International Center (ICCBS).

He said the authority’s goal was to guarantee that the people of Sindh were fed in a safe, hygienic, and healthy manner by standards.

I want to have strong relations between SFA and the ICCBS, University of Karachi, he said, adding that SFA is trying to make all possible efforts to provide better food items to the people of Sindh.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Farzana Shaheen congratulated the officials of the SFA and ICCBS on the signing of the agreement. She hoped that this agreement would further strengthen the University’s HCTRS and IAC in the province.

Halal Testing Laboratory works to standardize and uplift the high-quality standard of nutrition & hygiene in Halal-certified food & other products by international export quality standards, she said.

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Mayor Karachi inaugurates Divisional Food Testing Lab at KU

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  • KU DFST and SFA jointly established DFTL.
  • Food security is biggest problem in present era.
  • 65% national economy based on sustainable agriculture.

KARACHI: Mayor of Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui inaugurated the Divisional Food Testing Lab established at the Department of Food Science and Technology of the University of Karachi on Monday.

The KU DFST and the Sindh Food Authority have jointly established the DFTL to improve food quality in the province. The Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab and the KU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi also inaugurated the FST Alumni Conference Hall at the KU DFST.

On this occasion, the KU DFST organized a seminar on ‘water is life, water is food, leave no one behind’, of World Food Day 2023.

Addressing the ceremony, Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that food security is the biggest problem in the present era and added that many countries are still facing this problem.

He shared that Pakistan is an agricultural country with about 65 percent of its economy based on sustainable agriculture. He stressed that we need to promote good quality seeds and have to use technologies through which water can be saved.

“This is so unfortunate that despite being an agricultural country we still import wheat and pulses. We need to get out of this situation as soon as possible”.

Mayor Karachi said that every person has the right to get clean drinking water and healthy food. He expressed that steps have to be taken to save minor children from malnutrition and expressed that World Food Day is commemorated all across the globe to inculcate a sense of responsibility in people for the careful use of food resources.

Meanwhile, the Consul General of Malaysia Herman Hardynata Ahmad said that food security is impossible without the supply of clean water. He said that agriculture is possible with water, and water is the most important ingredient in any diet.

Later, the KU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi said that water has the most important role in our life. It is very important in the field of agriculture as well.

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