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Textile dyes in bakeries

Kwality fined for keeping ice cream without manufacturing and expiry date labels

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A mobile court yesterday recovered huge amounts of poisonous textile dye from two confectioneries in the Swarighat area of the city, suggesting that some food producers are still not aware of the court's continuing drive against adulterated food.
The court recovered 11 types of dying colours from a confectionery and five from another. These were used to make cakes, biscuit breads, and candy more attractive.
The court first raided the Jamal confectionery in Swarighat and found five types of textile dye and
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chemicals. They arrested the manager and sent him to six months rigorous jail time.
The police raided the Kamal bakery in the same area, where it discovered chemicals and 11 types of textile dye used in the food. The court sent Md. Jafar Mia, the manager of the restaurant, to one year of rigorous jail time.
"I felt so bad when I found those textile dyes in those confectioneries. They are making us eat direct poison," said Md. Rokanuddoulah, the magistrate of the court
Another mobile court, led by ABM Abdul Fattha, raided Asia Food and Drink in the Pirerbagh area. The court sent Abdur Rahman, the owner of the company, to one year of rigorous jail and fined him Tk 50,000. He was found to be producing food items without prior permission of the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI).
Asia food and drinks produces two flavoured juices, Litchi and Orange. The company also markets the Rasna brand of soybean oil, sources present with the court told The Daily Star.
Another court led by magistrate Mujibul Haque raided two bakery product sellers in Shaympur and collected Tk 20,000 and also filed cases against the owners.
CTG MOBILE COURT
A mobile court here yesterday fined Tk 50,000 to Kwality Ice Cream, a conglomerate of the country's well-known Sanowara Group, for keeping ice cream without manufacturing and expiry date labels.
Magistrate Shafiq found ice cream boxes lacking manufacturing and expiry labels in cold storage at the restaurant, owned by prominent businessman and city Awami League leader Nurul Islam B. Sc. The boxes bore popular brand names such as Tutty Frutty, Vanilla, Mango Mania, Kulfi Malai and Gimik.
"The items were manufactured about one month ago and required
labels will be tagged at the time of marketing," Anisur Rahman, the factory manager, replied to an inquiry by the magistrate. But the magistrate seized the ice cream boxes and penalized the factory the Tk 50,000.
Magistrate Shafiq then found plastic jars filled with unsafe food colouring and food-flavouring. He questioned the genuineness of the colouring, but the manager protested.
"I'm sure this is textile colour. It would vanish if it was real food colour but you see its not happening here although I wash my palms," Shafiq told the two BSTI officials and journalists.
As the factory manager maintained his claim, the magistrate seized samples of the colouring and flavouring, handing them to BSTI for chemical tests.
In other rounds, the mobile court found outdated shrimp in a refrigerator of Meridian Chines restaurant. Meenhar Sea Food Ltd manufactured the 2-kg shrimp packs on May 16, 2003 and the expiry date was May 16 this year. The restaurant was fined Tk 10,000 as per section 149 of CCC Ordinance-1982.
The manager of the Kentucky mini-Chinese restaurant, Mamunur Rashid, was fined Tk 40,000 under section 24 for maintaining stale meat and spices in a dirty kitchen. As the manager failed to pay the penalty on the spot, he was put on police van and later released after the payment.
Coffee Inn, a popular mini outlet, was fined Tk 3,000 for keeping stale meat in the refrigerator. The mobile court also inspected the medical college hostel but found nothing objectionable except the dirty kitchen roof. He asked the canteen owner to inform the matter to the college authority.