Buyers deceived in Ctg kitchen markets
Our Correspondent | Sunday, 15 June 2008
CHITTAGONG, June 14: Buyers are frequently being deceived in the kitchen markets particularly the fish and flesh markets in the port city following suspension in mobile court drives against unfair practices in weighing.
Expressing concern on the prevailing situation in this connection, Consumers Association of Bangladesh, Chittagong regional office sources said, similar campaign stopped in the city is after the transfer of the Magistrate Munir Chowdhury elsewhere.
Although Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) and Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) have been appealed time and again to conduct the drives to resist adulteration in food items and tricks in weighing, the two organisations did not feel the necessity of launching mobile court campaign to rescue the city dwellers' from the clutch of the dishonest traders involved in evil practices.
One fish buyer at Chawkbazar, found 200 gramme less then the actual weight in re-weighing after buying one kilogramme of Ruhit fish. Another buyer in the same market on procuring one kilogramme of beef also found 200 gramme less than the actual weight.
However consumer community have called upon the concerned authority to resist the malpractice of the dishonest traders with strong hand.
Expressing concern on the prevailing situation in this connection, Consumers Association of Bangladesh, Chittagong regional office sources said, similar campaign stopped in the city is after the transfer of the Magistrate Munir Chowdhury elsewhere.
Although Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) and Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) have been appealed time and again to conduct the drives to resist adulteration in food items and tricks in weighing, the two organisations did not feel the necessity of launching mobile court campaign to rescue the city dwellers' from the clutch of the dishonest traders involved in evil practices.
One fish buyer at Chawkbazar, found 200 gramme less then the actual weight in re-weighing after buying one kilogramme of Ruhit fish. Another buyer in the same market on procuring one kilogramme of beef also found 200 gramme less than the actual weight.
However consumer community have called upon the concerned authority to resist the malpractice of the dishonest traders with strong hand.