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HYGIENE DRIVE

They produce oral saline at will

Require no licence, no safety norm to follow

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Even the life-saving oral saline can be dangerous for life as unscrupulous people are producing saline in unhygienic environment violating the safety standard and posing serious threat to life.
Due to lack of vigilance, the workers of some saline producers do not put on gloves while packaging. Some of these companies do not even have licence from the Directorate of Drug Control.
A mobile court yesterday raided the ARA Enterprise in Motijheel area and found its products--ARA tasty saline and ARA oral saline--being packed with naked hands.
"I am shocked to see the way they prepare the saline," said Magistrate Md Rokanuddoula who led the mobile court.
The mobile court, however, did not charge the company any fine
instantly.
"Only fining is not enough for them. I directed the Sutrapur Police Station authorities to file a case against the owner [of ARA Enterprise] under the Special Powers Act-1974," the magistrate said.
Police did not file any case as this report was being filed at 09:00pm.
The company also produces different types of drug like "Stapsils" and "Tasty Hazmi", the mobile court source said.
There are some other oral saline brands which do not have registration from the Directorate of Drug Control, the sources said.
Meanwhile, another mobile court led by Magistrate ABM Abdul Fattah yesterday collected Tk14,000 as fine from three food outlets on the Kemal Ataturk Road.
Loteria, a confectionery shop,
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was fined Tk10,000 for producing and selling biscuits and cakes without expiry date while restaurants Changpai and Banshori were fined Tk 3,000 and Tk 1,000 for unclean environment.
The court also raided the offices of Rupsha Company and Anchor Trading and fined them Tk1 lakh each for marketing products without the permission of the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI).
The court found King Brand soybean oil marketed by Rupsha Company and Nova mustard oil and Kishan atta marketed by Anchor Trading without the BSTI certification labels.
As the companies failed to pay the fines, the court sent the manager of Rupsha Company and the chief executive officer of Anchor Trading to jail with one year's rigorous imprisonment.
The same court also apprehended 50kilograms of jatka (immature Hilsha) fish from two traders in the same market. The court collected Tk1,000 as fine from them.
Meanwhile, the mobile court of Magistrate Jahangir Alam seized huge quantity of polythene-bags from eight shops in the Ray Saheb Bazar. The court collected Tk12 thousand as fine.
However, the mobile court formed by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) still could not conduct its operation yesterday as it did not get police force.
"We have applied to the police commissioner for police force. But we are yet to get a reply," said Md Golam Sarwar, the public analyst of the DCC.