Illegal hand sanitiser factory sealed off in Brahmanbaria
A mobile court in Sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria today sealed off a hand sanitiser factory for running its business illegally and manufacturing the product using harmful ingredients.
Tipped off, the mobile court team launched a drive at the factory in Kalisima area today noon and found that the factory was manufacturing adulterated hand sanitizer by mixing chemicals and colour, said Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Pankaj Barua, who led the drive.
The factory authorities ran the business illegally in the name of the famous "Johnson Company", he said.
They were bottling the hand sanitiser without any lab technician and marketing the products without the approval of BSTI, said Pankaj Barua.
The mobile court also fined Yeasin, one of the owners of the factory, to the amount of Tk 1 lakh and sealed the factory after destroying two drums of chemicals, added the UNO.
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