Pasteurised milk: State to move to Appellate Division

Staff Correspondent: The government will move to file a petition with the Appellate Division seeking a stay on the High Court order that directed the authorities to stop production, distribution and sale of pasteurised milk of 14 companies holding licenses of the Bangladesh Standard Testing Institution (BSTI).

Deputy Attorney General Kazi Zinat Hoque confirmed this to risingbd on Monday.

“We will soon file a petition with the Appellate Division seeking a stay on the High Court order that directed the authorities to stop production, distribution and sale of all pasteurised milks,” he said.

The High Court yesterday ordered the authorities to stop production, distribution and sale of pasteurised milk of 14 companies for the next five weeks as the pasteurized milks contain antibiotics and heavy harmful metal.

The 14 companies are Aftab Milk and Milk Producer Ltd (Aftab), Akij Food and Bev-erage Ltd (Farm Fresh Milk), American Dairy Limited (MOO), Bangladesh Milk Pro-ducers’ Cooperative Limited (Milk Vita), Baro Awlia Dairy Milk and Foods Ltd (Dairy Fresh), BRAC Dairy and Food Project (Aarong Dairy), Danish Dairy Farm Ltd (Ay-ran) Ichhamoti Dairy and Food Products (PURA), Igloo Dairy Limited (Igloo), Pran Dairy Ltd (Pran Milk), Uttar Bango Dairy (Ultra), Purbo Bangla Dairy Food Industries (Arwa) and Tania Dairy and Food Products (Safe).

The BSTI tested their pasteurised milk at the laboratories of the Institute of Public Health (IPH), Bangladesh Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) in line with the July 14 order by the HC.

Reports prepared by the aforementioned institutions were submitted to the court yesterday.

risingbd/Dhaka/July 29, 2019/Mahidi/AI