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BSTI fines Tk 32,000 in Rajshahi division
RAJSHAHI, Jan 5, 2021 (BSS)- Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) fined 32 shops Taka 32,000 in Rajshahi division in December last for selling and manufacturing adulterated food items.
Six 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 the fine money 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 14 surveillance drives for prevention of pilferage in weight and measurement and formalin use in fruit and fish and lodged 14 regular cases against the law violators.
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