A Dhaka Pure Food Court-2 on Wednesday fined Confidence Salt Limited owner Sadiul Islam Tk3 lakh after he admitted to producing and marketing substandard iodised vacuum salt.
Special Metropolitan Magistrate Nusrat Sahara Bithi of the Pure Food Court-2 of Dhaka passed the order after Sadiul Islam voluntarily pleaded guilty under the Safe Food Act, 2013.
The court also ordered the immediate withdrawal from the market of a substandard batch of Confidence Vacuum Salt (batch number M3 A11) and directed the company to submit a written report after completing the withdrawal.
Earlier, the court had issued an arrest warrant against Sadiul Islam after laboratory reports declared the company’s iodised vacuum salt unsafe and substandard.
The case was filed by Dhaka South City Corporation Safe Food Inspector and prosecution officer Md Kamrul Hasan.
Laboratory tests found the sodium chloride content of the salt at 99.67 percent, within the approved limit, but the iodine level at only 13 parts per million (ppm) , below the required standard of 20 to 50 ppm, while sulphate was measured at 0.001 percent.
Based on these findings, the laboratory certified the salt as unsafe and substandard under the Safe Food Act, 2013.
