An arrest warrant has been issued on Monday against Md Harunur Rashid, the owner of Foodland Bakery, after laboratory tests found its self-produced yoghurt to be substandard in the capital’s Banasree area.
The complaint was filed by Kamrul Hasan, safe food inspector of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), accusing Rashid of violating food safety standards.
Taking cognisance of the complaint, Special Metropolitan Magistrate and Joint District and Sessions Judge Nusrat Sahara Bithi issued the arrest warrant.
According to case records, officials conducted an on-site inspection at Foodland Bakery, located in Block-D, Banasree, on 8 March 2026.
During the inspection, officials collected 1,000 grams of self-produced open yoghurt from the establishment on suspicion that it was adulterated or below standard. The sample was purchased for Tk280 in cash in the presence of the outlet’s manager, Suree Chand.
Following standard procedure, the sample was divided into four equal portions and sealed. One portion was handed over to the seller, one was preserved with the chief health officer for future comparison, and the remaining two were sent to the Modern Food Laboratory and Training Centre for testing.
A laboratory certificate issued on 11 March 2026 by the Public Health Food Laboratory of DSCC found the yoghurt sample to be “not of standard quality” under BDS CAC (243:2012) standards.
The laboratory analysis showed that the product did not meet the required benchmark in key quality indicators. The milk protein content was measured at 1.48 per cent, while the required minimum is 2.7 per cent.
The report also found the acidity level to be 0.32 per cent, below the required minimum of 0.8 per cent, indicating that the product failed to comply with prescribed standards.
Court documents show that the complaint was lodged under Section 26 of the Safe Food Act, 2013, an offence punishable under Section 58 of the same law.
