The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has asked the authorities concerned to withdraw 43 products, including Suresh mustard oil, Danish curry powder, Promi mustard oil and Pubali salt, from the markets.
The surveillance teams of BSTI purchased the products from open markets and conducted tests at its laboratory and found them substandard, according to the BSTI.
The BSTI authorities have intensified its surveillance on food adulteration to protect the consumers' rights during this Ramadan, an official said.
As part of the move, BSTI has deployed several teams to track unscrupulous traders and producers of fake cosmetic items.
The unscrupulous traders and producers of food and other consumer items have been active despite the deadly outbreak of Covid-19 disease in the country, according to BSTI.
Director of BSTI Md said that a team of BSTI seized a huge quantity of substandard cosmetics and hair oil items worth over Tk 20 million at Chakbazar and Begum Bazar in the city on Sunday.
The BSTI surveillance teams have collected samples of 521 products from open markets during the ongoing Ramadan.
Out of the collected samples of products, the BSTI earlier found 17 substandard.
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