Food production in unhealthy environment, businessman fined in Feni

Three businessmen were fined a total of 20,000 taka by a mobile court in Feni Sadar upazila for producing food in unhealthy environments, using banned products, and violating consumer rights laws. The joint drive was conducted by the upazila administration and the district food safety office on Tuesday afternoon.

During the drive, the Bogurar Doi establishment in Feni town was fined 10,000 taka under the Consumer Rights Protection Act, 2009, for producing yogurt in an unhealthy and dirty environment. In addition, two other businessmen named Nirob Ghosh and Subhash Ghosh were fined 5,000 taka each, totaling 10,000 taka, for producing food in unhealthy conditions using banned products.

According to the upazila administration and district food safety office sources, Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Fahmida Akter and District Food Safety Officer Muhammad Shamsul Arefin jointly conducted the drive. Executive Magistrate Fahmida Akter stated that such drives will continue in the future to protect the quality of food products and ensure consumer rights.

Reported by 6 outlets. See the original sources below for full details.