Abstract: Food adulteration refers to the mixing, deception, and substitution of various hazardous substances for high-quality ingredients in the production of food. Typically, food is considered contaminated when it lacks essential characteristics or contains substances of poor quality that are harmful to health. Food adulteration in Bangladesh means by the practice of adding hazardous substances, toxic colours or noxious food additives. Most foods in Bangladesh are contaminated with dangerous chemicals at every step of the food chain, from production to consumption, toxic colours, preservative, used oil, unclean water etc, which cause a number of chronic and non- chronic ailments in the consumers. The issue of food adulteration has gotten out of control for the people of Bangladesh. This article discusses the effects of eating contaminated food on one's health as well as the roles played by the relevant authorities in combating the problem. This goal of this review article is not to shake blame at or disparage anyone. The purpose of this literature is to present current situation of food adulteration in Bangladesh and some possible suggestions in brief. Keywords: Adulterants, Food adulteration, Formalin, Health, Profit, Safety. International Journal of Biological Innovations http://ijbi.org.in | http://www.gesa.org.in/journals.php https://doi.org/10.46505/IJBI.2023.5203 IJBI 5(2): 22-27 (2023) E-ISSN: 2582-1032 UNVEILING THE SILENT THREAT: FOOD ADULTERATION IN BANGLADESH Majedul Hoque Department of Pharmacy Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh *Corresponding author: majed.pharmju44@gmail.com Article Info: Review Article Received 26.07.2023 Reviewed 25.09.2023 Accepted 15.10.2023 GESA GLOCAL ENVIRONMENT & SOCIAL ASSOCIATION Cite this article as: Hoque M. (2023). Unveiling the silent threat: Food adulteration in Bangladesh. International Journal of Biological Innovations. 5(2): 22-27. https://doi.org/10.46505/ IJBI.2023.5203 This is an Open Access Article licensed under a Creative Commons license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY). It allows unrestricted use of articles in any medium, reproduction and distribution by providing adequate credit to the author (s) and the source of publication. the past, it has steadily become a serious concern in Bangladesh in recent years. Generally, most food adulteration does not necessarily affect public health but history shows that there are some cases where health was very seriously compromised (Mamta et al., 2023). However, a lot of print media has printed that this is a silent killer and roughly over 65 million people worldwide are thought to have health issues as a result of eating adulterated food. INTRODUCTION The right to safe food has a profound impact on the rights to health, to food, and most crucially, to life in a time when human rights are indivisible, interdependent, and linked (Leon, 2014). However, in Bangladesh today, the right to safe food is often disregarded. According to news, features, and articles appearing in various Bangladeshi media, the majority of manufactured or processed foods are either significantly contaminated or unfit for eating by humans. Though the issue of food adulteration existed in