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BSTI-DRIVES-RAJSHAHI (with picture)
BSTI fines Tk 2.91 lakh in Rajshahi division
RAJSHAHI, Nov 3, 2020 (BSS)- Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) penalised 14 shops Taka 2.91 in Rajshahi division in October last for selling and manufacturing adulterated food items.
Twelve mobile courts of the BSTI, Rajshahi regional office in association with local administration conducted drives in different districts of the division and found the shops selling substandard food items, violating the rules and regulations.
The courts realised Taka 2.91 lakh from the shop owners as penalty during the drives conducted in eight districts under the division.
BSTI Director Khairul Islam said the regional office conducted the drives against the shops involved in manufacturing substandard and adulterated food items.
The BSTI regional office also conducted 15 surveillance drives for prevention of pilferage in weight and measurement and formalin use in fruit and fish.
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