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BSTI-RAMADAN-FOOD
BSTI asks 20 companies to supply quality food in Ramadan
DHAKA, April 13, 2020 (BSS) – The Bangladesh Standards and Testing
Institution (BSTI) has urged 20 companies to manufacture and market quality
food items in the upcoming Ramadan.
The 20 manufacturers have fast moving food items widely consumed during
seheri and iftar in the fasting month of Ramadan, said Industries Ministry
press release issued on Sunday.
In this regard, BSTI has sent letters to the manufactures and said the
institution will also write to other manufacturers with the same request.
According to the BSTI, the demand for 181 products shoots up in the holy
month of Ramadan. The items include mineral water, soft-drinks powder, fruit
syrup, fruit juice, carbonated beverage, ghee, vermicelli, noodles,
pasteurized milk, ice-cream, fortified soybean and sunflower oil.
Manufacturers who have received the letter are: PRAN Foods Limited, Shabnam
Vegetable Oil Limited, Akij Foods and Beverage Limited, Transcom Beverage
Limited, Super Oil Refinery Limited, City Group, Brac Dairy and Food Project,
Tanveer Foods Limited, Bangladesh Milk Producer’s Cooperative Union Limited,
Bangladesh Edible Oil Limited, New Zealand Dairy Limited, ACI Group, Nestle
Bangladesh, Bashundhara Multi Food and Beverage Limited, Abul Khayer Group,
Square Foods Ltd, Bangladesh Super Shop Owners Association, BD Foods Limited,
Swiss Bakery and Sajib Corporation.
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