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The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has fined two establishments a total of Tk 6,000 in a drive at Sirajdikhan Bazar in Munshiganj. The drive ran from 12 noon to 1:30pm on Tuesday (13 October).
During the drive, evidence was found that sweets made at Jagannath Mistanna Bhandar were kept uncovered and that the containers of yoghurt (doi) and rasmalai did not have the production and expiry dates written on them. For this offence, the owner of the establishment, Jagannath Ghosh, was fined Tk 5,000 and directed to mention the production and expiry dates on the containers of yoghurt and rasmalai.
Meanwhile, Zakir Hossain, owner of Zakir Fal Bhandar, was fined Tk 1,000 for not displaying a fruit price list and was directed to put up the price list at a visible spot in the shop.
The drive was conducted by Asif Al Azad, assistant director of the Munshiganj district office of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection. Sirajdikhan Upazila Sanitary Inspector Md Shah Alam Mia and a team from Sirajdikhan Police Station assisted.
