Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) fines 7 restaurants Tk 5.95 lakh

BANGLADESH NEWS

Two mobile courts of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution yesterday fined seven restaurants Tk 5.95 lakh for using illegal food colourings, poisonous chemicals and used cooking oil to manufacture Iftar items.

The restaurants are Alauddin Sweetmeat Ltd in Chawk Circular Road (Tk 2 lakh); Royal Restaurant in Harinath Gosh Road, Lalbagh (Tk 1 lakh); Star Hotel and Kabab in Dhanmondi (Tk 1.75 lakh); Voot Restaurant in Dhanmondi (Tk 45,000); and Ambala Sweetmeat, Iftari Bazar and Dominous Pizza in Dhanmondi (Tk 25,000 each).

Magistrate Rahima Khatun conducted the drive in Alauddin Sweetmeat Ltd and Royal Restaurant while Magistrate Saiful Azam conducted the drive in the remaining restaurants, said a BSTI press release.

 The company proprietor, Iqbal Khan, said they had not used any harmful chemicals and the mobile court carried out the drive in Ambala Inn in Dhanmondi, not Ambala Sweetmeat.