Second phase of testing finds 22 more substandard products being soldThe Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI) has withdrawn suspension of 26 companies, clearing them to sell their products, barely a month after it found the same products substandard. In a circular issued on Tuesday, BSTI said these companies were again permitted to sell their products after they had managed to ensure the required standards. Licences of all these companies were either revoked or suspended when BSTI in the first phase of tests found 52 out of 406 food items to be substandard. Based on this result, it said, the licences of two companies were cancelled and 11 companies were suspended, while cases were filed against eight. BSTI ordered removal of these 22 products from market shelves within 72 hours of the circular’s publication.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 11, 2019 17:15 UTC