Harmful Sanitiser: ACI fined Tk 1cr, told to withdraw it from market
A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion has fined Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI) Ltd Tk 1 crore for using harmful methanol in its Savlon hand sanitiser.
The court also asked ACI to withdraw the product from all markets within 48 hours, said Rab's Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam, who led the team during the drive at the company's depot in Dhaka's Mirpur on Sunday night.
ACI had been collecting the product through outsourcing, the magistrate said. A trader of Old Dhaka who supplied chemicals might have provided methanol instead of ethanol, he added, quoting company officials.
All other sanitising products of ACI were found to be okay, the executive magistrate said.
A mobile court recently conducted a drive at ACI's hand sanitiser factory in Gazipur and found harmful chemical in the product. The court fined the company Tk 17 lakh and issued a warning so that they refrain from using the chemical in the sanitiser, Sarwoer Alam said.
After receiving information that the company has stored a huge quantity of sanitisers made of harmful chemical in its Mirpur depot, the court conducted the three-hour drive there, starting from 5pm on Sunday, he said.
They tested the product and found presence of methanol, the executive magistrate said.
Contacted, ACI Managing Director of Consumer Goods, Syed Alamgir said they would comment on the issue later.
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