Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) Monday filed cases against owners of nine brick kilns for running those in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur without quality certification/standard mark licenses.
"We filed the regular cases with the cognizance court for Chirirbandar upazila of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dinajpur," BSTI's Divisional Deputy Director (Metrology) and Head of the Office Mafiz Uddin Ahmed told BSS.
The cases were filed against Messer's NN Bricks, Messer's R&S Bricks, Messer's RA Bricks, Messer's DOWA Bricks, Messer's TS Bricks, Messer's MR Bricks, Messer's Hamid & Sons, Messer's RL Bricks and Messer's S. N. Bricks located at different areas of Chirirbandar upazila.
Production, sale and distribution of clay bricks and brick products were continuing in these brick kilns for a long time without obtaining standard certificate/standard mark license from BSTI.
"Consequently, we conducted operations at the brick kilns, warned the owners and gave some time. However, they did not obtain quality certification/standard mark licenses of BSTI within the stipulated time," Ahmed said.
He said BSTI is working with the aim of preventing adulteration in food and products and ensuring accuracy in weight and measurement.
"In this continuation, the country's National Standards Body (NSB) conducted operations recently in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur like other areas of the region," Mafiz Uddin said, adding that such operations will continue in public interest in the future.
