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Ghee of 10 BSTI-certified brands found adulterated

Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BST1) in a recent test found that the samples of 10 ghee brands and a butter oil brand, all certified by the BST1 itself, are adulterated.
Consumers' Association of Bangladesh (CAB) leaders, who sent the samples to BSTI, disclosed it at a press conference at the CAB conference hall in the capital's Segun Bagicha.
The CAB leaders said they sent the samples of ghee of 12 and butter oil of two brands to the BSTI laboratory' on September 29 and received the test results on November 4, which said 10 samples of the 12 ghee brands and one of the two butter oil brands were adulterated.
The 10 ghee brands are New Baghabari
Company, Mirza Mubashwer and Company, Baghabari Pure Gawa Ghee Co, MMH Multi Chemi Ltd, Square Consumer Products, Anil Ghosh's Baghabari Special, Jewel Food Products Ltd. SK Ghosh, Janani Special Gawa Ghee, and Bhai Bhai Food Products Ltd.
The BSTI test conducted under 10 parameters found the samples of ghee of state-owned Bangladesh Milk Producers Cooperative Union Ltd and Brae Dairy and Food safe for consumption. The samples of 10 other brands were found imperfect in two to five parameters.
The sample of butter oil of Sanowara Dairy and Industries Ltd was found adulterated while New Zealand Dairy Product BD Ltd passed the test in all ten parameters.
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The CAB leaders demanded a ban on marketing of the 10 ghee brands and punishment of those involved in manufacturing the adulterated ghee.
In 2002, CAB made arrangements for a similar test at the Institute of Public Health (IPH) laboratory, which found the samples of nine out of 11 ghee brands adulterated.
Prof Harun KM Yusuf, nutrition adviser to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, said consumption of such adulterated ghee and butter oil causes extensive damage to human organs like liver, kidney, pancreas and lungs.
"Even the consumption of pure ghee for a long time is harmful but if the ghee is adulterated it is like consumingpoison," said ProfYusuf.
Prof Yusuf said many companies use adulterated milk, animal fat, colour and chemical flavour to produce ghee which are as harmful as poison to the human body.
CAB President Borhan Ahmed said the BSTI should strengthen its monitoring and also conduct tests on ghee of various brands frequently and make the reports public.
"Although there are laws to ensure food safety, they are not implemented," he said.
He suggested that Food and Drug Administration should be established under which the BSTI and the IPH will conduct such tests and monitor the quality of food items available on the market.
CAB officials also urged the BSTI inspectors to work more efficiently.
CAB Programme Officer Em dad Hossain and its General Secretary Kazi Faruk, among others, were present.