BSTI destroys 6,600 water jars in city

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) in anti-adulteration drives destroyed a total of 6,600 unauthorised water jars in the city on Monday.

The drives were conducted at 22 hotels, restaurants and tea stalls in the city's Mohammadpur, Gaushia Market, Nilkhet, New Market, Hazaribagh, Panthapath, Karwan Bazar and Tejgaon industrial areas.

Moreover, BSTI also seized four pickup vans with unsafe water jars and dismantled non-food grade jars, according to the state-run regulatory agency.

The regulatory body in separate drives also lodged cases against 10 businesses in the city's Cantonment and Gulshan areas on charge of measurement manipulation.

The businesses are M/S Lina Bostra Bitan, M/S Prime Matching, M/S Ohi Matching Corner, M/S Ango Shova Fabrics, M/S Rajdhani Matching Corner, and M/S Than Kutir, M/S Ajwa Limited Corner, M/S Bread and Beyond Bakery, M/S Mr Baker and M/S Gloria Jeans.

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