CAB calls for stronger mobile court drives against unsafe food in Chattogram
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh has urged authorities to intensify Pure Food Court mobile court operations in Chattogram following inspections that revealed significant breaches of food production, processing, packaging, and storage standards.
This call followed mobile court drives across Chattogram city on 20 June 2026, during which officials inspected Abul Khayer Food and Beverage, Modhubon Sweets Industries Limited, and Mymensingh Agro.
The inspection uncovered key irregularities, including the use of toxic plastic in food processing, burnt oil in products such as chanachur, chira, and gram, non-compliance with approved packaging methods, misleading information on packaging, and unhygienic storage, transport, and processing of mango pulp.
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The court further observed that food handlers failed to comply with health and hygiene regulations. Additional violations included food production in unsanitary environments, substandard food quality, use of open paper and newspaper as food-contact materials, storage of expired food items intended for sale, and failure to follow prescribed packaging protocols.
The operation wThe operation was led by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court Metropolitan Magistrate and Pure Food Court Judge Mohammad Mostofa, with participation from officials of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority, metropolitan magistrates, the police, Rapid Action Battalion, and Ansar.lease issued on 21 June 2026, leaders of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh Chattogram division and metropolitan units expressed appreciation to the Pure Food Court judge for leading field-level operations and called for expanded mobile court initiatives.
The statement was signed by Consumers Association of Bangladesh Central Committee Vice President SM Nazer Hossain; Consumers Association of Bangladesh Chattogram Divisional General Secretary Kazi Iqbal Bahar Chhaberi; Consumers Association of Bangladesh Chattogram Metropolitan President Jesmin Sultana Paru; General Secretary Ajay Mitra Shanku; Joint Secretary Md Selim Jahangir; Organising Secretary Jannatul Ferdous; and Consumers Association of Bangladesh Youth Group Chattogram Metropolitan President Abu Hanif Noman, among others.
The leaders stated that consumers routinely face deception and inadequate protection, attributing this to insufficient oversight by government quality-control agencies.
They further noted that foodborne illnesses are on the rise nationwide, as evidenced by increasing numbers of patients at hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centres.
The leaders said the Pure Food Court's mobile court operations in Chattogram have set a benchmark for the rest of the country. They said judicial intervention to safeguard consumer rights and public interests will strengthen good governance and uphold the rule of law.
