2 jailed for producing poultry feed with waste
Two persons were handed one-year jail terms for producing poultry feed using leather waste treated with toxic chemicals.
A total of 42 tonnes of the toxic poultry feed was also seized during a joint drive conducted by Rab and the Department Of Livestock Services (DLS) in Boubazar area of Hazaribagh in Dhaka, said Rab Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam.
The two sentenced to jail are Jahirul Islam, 28, and Fazal Haque, 32.
Sarwoer said they destroyed the poultry feed by burning some and burying the remaining.
They had collected samples of the feed from Hazaribagh in December, which were then sent to the DLS lab for test, he added.
“After the test, we found [the presence of] chromium in the feed which is harmful for humans.”
Consuming products made from poultry which were fed such toxic feed could result in kidney complications and cancer for humans, he said.
“We will also send a sample of the seized feed to the lab again for further tests,” Sarwoer said, adding that the DLS would soon file a case with the police station concerned.
The magistrate said several syndicates in Hazaribagh area were making poultry and fish feed with leather waste from tanneries.
Law enforcers are looking for others involved in the racket, he added.
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