BSS: Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has penalised 18 shops Taka 56,500 in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions in December last year for selling and manufacturing adulterated food items. Eight mobile courts of the BSTI Rajshahi regional office in association with local administration conducted drives in different parts of the two divisions.
and found the shops selling substandard food items, violating the rules and regulations.
The courts also realised Taka 56,500 from the shop owners during the drives conducted in four districts under the divisions.
BSTI Director (Rajshahi) Taher Jamil said the regional office conducted the drives against the shops involved in manufacturing substandard and adulterated food items.
The BSTI regional office also conducted 21 surveillance drives for prevention of pilferage in weight and measurement and formalin use in fruit and fish.