Dhaka, April 16 -- Speakers at Journalists' workshop urged the introduction of warning messages on the front of food packages, commonly known as Front-of-Package Labelling (FOPL) as the risk of non-communicable diseases caused by ultra-processed foods is increasing at an alarming rate in Bangladesh.

Speakers said this at a two-day journalists' workshop titled "Front-of-Package Labelling (FOPL) in Bangladesh: Importance, Progress and Way Forward," held on April 15-16 at the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) Bhaban in the capital.

Organized by PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with support from the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), the workshop was attended by 29 journalists from print, television, and online media.

They said the...