Published : Wednesday, 12 June, 2019 at 1:10 AM, Update: 14.06.2019 1:02:44 PM, Count : 347
BSTI clears 26 products
As much as half of the 52 products that were found substandard in tests by the national testing agency have now been found to be meeting standards.
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, or BSTI, released a list of the 26 products on Tuesday after fresh tests.
The BSTI had asked the companies to apply for new tests on their products when would be ready after improving standards of their products, Deputy Director Reazul Haque told bdnews24.com.
“The BSTI collected samples from their factories when they said they were ready. The ban has been lifted on the products that cleared the new tests,†he said.
The agency had declared 52 products substandard after a first round of tests on 313 products ahead of the Ramadan.
Following High Court orders, it later banned production, sale, and advertisement of these products until their standards were raised.
Now, 26 of these products have passed the new tests. These are:
Mineral water:
Dighi (Dighi Drinking Water)
ARRA (ARRA Food and Beverage)
Powdered coriander:
ACI Pure
Noodles:
Doodles of New Zealand Dairy
Salt:
ACI
Madhumati of Khulna
Curry powder:
Pran
Mustard oil:
Teer (City Oil Mill of Gazipur)
GB (Green Blessings Oil of Narayanganj)
Powdered turmeric:
Fresh
Ghee:
Baghabarhi Special (Baghabarhi Special Ghee Company of Dhaka)