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HC-TEST-MILK
HC for testing pasteurized milk in 4 labs for contamination
DHAKA, July 14, 2019 (BSS) – The High Court (HC) today ordered
authorities concerned to test pasteurized milk samples in four different
laboratories within a week to detect contamination including presence of
antibiotics.
A High Court division bench comprising Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and
Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed the order, setting July 23 for holding further
hearing in this regard.
The four laboratories fixed by the court today are- National Food Safety
Laboratory, laboratories of Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (BCSIR), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research,
Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), and Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute.
“Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) would collect
samples of milk in presence of the representatives of these four institutes
and hand those over to them. The four institutes then conduct test for
detecting presence of any harmful substances like coliform bacteria, SEDT,
formalin, detergent and antibiotics,” Barrister Anik R Haque, who moved a
writ in this regard, told newsmen.
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