BSTI advises people to remain alert
Friday, 26 September 2008
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) advised people Thursday to remain alert about consuming three China-produced powder milk - Iasli-1 and 2, and Baby Sweet - as these products had already been banned in China in the wake of melamine contamination, reports UNB.
The Chinese government banned a total of 22 brands of milk, which were also available in Bangladesh market, as many babies and children were infected and many others killed after consuming the melamine contaminated milk in China.
BSTI Thursday held a meeting at its Tejgaon office with Chief Adviser' s special assistant for Industries Ministry and BSTI council president Mahbub Jamil in the chair.
The meeting initially decided to beef up its campaign to raise awareness about the use of the banned powder milk.
"When contamination of melamine in the imported milk in our market will be proved, we will ban these in Bangladesh," Mahbub Jamil told journalists.
He said that 36 samples of milk had been collected and sent for laboratory tests.
Import of the contaminated milk had already been suspended following directive of the industries ministry.
The meeting further decided to boost its surveillance on food adulteration, cheating in weighing and measurement of products in the days ahead.
The activities of the committee, formed to ensure use of scale of balance and weights (used in weighing), would also be intensified, the meeting said.
The meeting was told that the draft of the bilateral agreement for assistance between BSTI and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) would be submitted soon for approval.
The meeting was informed that issues of food security and health hazards would be placed in the education curriculum, 2009.
Industries Secretary Sheikh Enayetullah and BSTI Director General Azmal Hossain, among others, were present at the meeting.
The Chinese government banned a total of 22 brands of milk, which were also available in Bangladesh market, as many babies and children were infected and many others killed after consuming the melamine contaminated milk in China.
BSTI Thursday held a meeting at its Tejgaon office with Chief Adviser' s special assistant for Industries Ministry and BSTI council president Mahbub Jamil in the chair.
The meeting initially decided to beef up its campaign to raise awareness about the use of the banned powder milk.
"When contamination of melamine in the imported milk in our market will be proved, we will ban these in Bangladesh," Mahbub Jamil told journalists.
He said that 36 samples of milk had been collected and sent for laboratory tests.
Import of the contaminated milk had already been suspended following directive of the industries ministry.
The meeting further decided to boost its surveillance on food adulteration, cheating in weighing and measurement of products in the days ahead.
The activities of the committee, formed to ensure use of scale of balance and weights (used in weighing), would also be intensified, the meeting said.
The meeting was told that the draft of the bilateral agreement for assistance between BSTI and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) would be submitted soon for approval.
The meeting was informed that issues of food security and health hazards would be placed in the education curriculum, 2009.
Industries Secretary Sheikh Enayetullah and BSTI Director General Azmal Hossain, among others, were present at the meeting.