Three food manufacturers fined Tk900,000 in Brahmanbaria

A mobile court of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority fined three food manufacturers Tk900,000 in total for allegedly violating food safety laws at the BSCIC Industrial Estate in Brahmanbaria on Sunday.

The three manufacturers were fined Tk300,000 each during a drive conducted from 1pm to 3pm.

Executive Magistrate Hossain Ali said the manufacturers were found using industrial-grade salt in the production of puffed rice. They were also found producing food in unhygienic and unsafe conditions, posing a risk to public health and violating provisions of the Food Safety Act, 2013.

He said each of the three manufacturers was fined Tk300,000 under the Food Safety Act, 2013.

Md Asifur Rahman, the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority’s officer in charge of Brahmanbaria district, acted as the prosecutor during the drive.

According to mobile court sources, such drives will continue in the future to prevent activities harmful to public health.