50-kg of stale sweets destroyed,3 shops fined Tk 32,000 in Bijoynagar
Bijoynagar (Brahmanbaria) Correspondent
Around 50 kilograms of stale and unfit sweets and jilapi were destroyed, while three businesses were fined a total of Tk 32,000 during a joint mobile court drive at Champaknagar Bazar in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Thursday.
Conducted around noon by the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) and the District Safe Food Office, the operation was led by DNCRP Brahmanbaria District Office Assistant Director Iftekharul Alam Rizvi, assisted by District Safe Food Officer Md. Asifur Rahman.
During the inspection, officials found sweets being prepared in extremely unhygienic conditions at Joy Loknath Sweets in Champaknagar Bazar, alongside severe irregularities in food quality and storage practices. After the shop owner admitted to the violations and submitted a written undertaking not to repeat them, the establishment was fined Tk 30,000 under the Consumer Rights Protection Act, 2009. The team subsequently destroyed around 50kg of stale sweets and jilapi in public.
In a separate inspection at the same market, two grocery shops were fined Tk 1,000 each for failing to display mandatory price lists for essential commodities.
DNCRP Assistant Director Iftekharul Alam Rizvi stated that regular market monitoring and enforcement drives will continue to safeguard public health and uphold consumer rights, warning of stricter legal action against repeat offenders.
