Economic Reasons behind Adulteration Issues in Fish Supply Chain in Bangladesh

Food safety is one of the main concerns in any food supply chain. Since the last decade adulteration has become widespread in fish supply chain in Bangladesh. Use of formalin, toxic industrial dye and use of ani mal waste have been identified in several government inspections. The study reviewed relevant literature in order to summarize the knowledge of previous research regarding this issue. A suitable methodology was developed and justified in order to collect qualitative data through the interviews of relevant sector experts, fish traders and fish farmers. Through th e results from the anal ysis of qualitative data, a problem tree analysis was conducted in order to identify the underlying reasons behind the food adulteration issue in fish supply chain in southern region of Bangladesh. The study found that the main three factors behi nd the adulteration issue are high post harvest loss, lack of government monitoring, and high profit motives.