HC hearing on toxic milk resumes today
The High Court (HC) is likely to hear the pending writ petition regarding melamine mixed powdered milk on its reopening day today after two weeks of winter vacation.
Sources said the officials concerned of the health ministry have already submitted some laboratory test reports on 37 brands of powdered milk available on the domestic market to the office of Supreme Court Registrar as per an earlier court order.
SC Registrar Abu Bakar Siddiqui, however, could not confirm whether his office received any report from the government officials regarding melamine tainted powdered milk.
Sources said the health ministry officials have collected samples of all brands of powdered milk available on the local market in presence of the representatives of chemistry department of Dhaka University, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution for laboratory tests.
Counsel for the writ petitioners advocate Manzil Murshid said if the lab test reports were not submitted to the HC through the SC Registrar by December 31 last year then the government will be liable to contempt of court as per a Supreme Court direction.
"If the petition is not listed for hearing on Sunday, I will pray to the court to hear the writ petition as soon as possible," he said.
Earlier on November 17 last year, the SC directed the health ministry to send samples of all brands of powdered milk available on the domestic market to any European country through the World Health Organisation (WHO) for laboratory test and submit the reports to the HC by December 31.
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