He disclosed the information at a roundtable discussion after the inauguration of a program for World Food Safety Day at the Agriculture Extension Authority Office on Monday. He said: "We have found expired medicine in 93% of the pharmacies countrywide after investigating for six months in the field.”"But it does not mean that all the medicine are expired in those pharmacies,” he added. Bangladesh Supermarket Owners Association and Bangladesh Food Safety Foundation jointly organized the event to celebrate World Food Safety Day for the first time. Monjur Mohammad Shahriar recently made headlines after fining retail giant Aarong Tk4.5 lakh upon discovering that they had charged nearly double for several items within the span of a few days. He also shut down Aarong’s flagship store in Uttara, prompting widespread applause on mainstream media and social media.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 10, 2019 08:48 UTC