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Eating Dangerously

Even ants dare not touch biscuits

Staff Correspondent
Ammonia and other potentially harmful chemicals were found yesterday along with flour preserved in a rancid, insect-infested environment when a mobile court raided the Chandpur bread and biscuit factory in Hazaribagh.
Court officials found large quantities of materials used to sweeten the breads and biscuits, but not even legions of ants crawling on the floor and walls would touch them.
"This is sweetener, but see no ant touches it," said a Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute
(BSTI) official, pointing out cubeshaped materials preserved in an uncovered pot.
The BSTI official, who was visiting with the mobile court, said the material could be sodium cyclamate, which has been prohibited since 1982 since it may cause cancer after consumption.
The court also raided the neighboring factory of Diamond brand 'Vermicelli'. Rotten and dirty vermicelli was preserved on the premises and mixed with the fresh batches. Members of the court expressed their dissatisfaction with the products,
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saying they are made in an extremely unhygienic place.
The floor of the factory was covered in dirt and muddy water, while the walls and floor swarmed with large ants. The court arrested the managers of the two factories, who were found hiding in the toilets, and sent them to jail for one month and also charged them Tk one thousand each.
The court, led by magistrate Md. Rokanudoullah, also issued a summons against the owner of the factories and filed a case under the BSTI ordinance.
"The drive of the mobile court will continue until the situation improves," said Md. Rokanuddoulah, the magistrate of the court.
Another court, led by magistrate Mizanur Rahman, raided six restaurants in the Karwan Bazar and Farmgate areas.
The court collected a total of Tk 18,000 from Wasa Canteen, the Farmgate Hotel and Chinese restaurant, Shajalal restaurant and three others small restaurants in Karwan Bazar. The kitchens of each were deemed unhygienic, with poor food preservation systems.
"The environment of those canteens were very unhygienic, so the court fined them," said magistrate Mizanur Rahman.