25kg of grapes destroyed, sellers fined
A mobile court yesterday destroyed 25kg of grapes ripened with chemical and penalised the sellers Tk 2 lakh at a market in the city's Mohammadpur yesterday.
Dhaka District Executive Magistrate Al-Amin, who led the drive at Mohammadpur Prince Bazar Ltd, found the grapes mixed with chemical.
Prince Bazar authorities told the court that they did not mix chemical with the grapes; they just buy grapes from Sowarighat everyday.
Al-Amin said the mobile court fined the vendors for selling the grapes without examining those after purchase.
The mobile court also conducted a drive at Shantinagar fish market, but did not find any presence of formalin in the fish.
In another drive, the court sentenced the manager of Masum Restaurant at New Eskaton to 15 days in jail for preparing food items in unhygienic environment and preserving and selling those.
Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) took the initiative to conduct the drives with support from the Department of Environment (DoE) and Rab-2.
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