CAB Chittagong organized Symbolic Protest to import toxic Milk powder & ban baby food
Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Chittagong organized a symbolic Protest premises of Chittagong Press Club on 20 September '08 to demanding punished the importers and distributors and syndicate business gangs who involved to import toxic milk powder, adulteration of food, marketing of milk powder date without expire in Bangladesh. CAB Chittagong President S M Nazer Hossain was presided over the gathering, amongst others representative from civil society and professional groups were taken part the symbolic protest. The speakers demanding ban the Starship, Marks, Red cow, Diploma branded milk powder importuners and distributors import low quality, adulterated, date without expire milk powder and baby food with low price and making money to in the name import from Australia and few ill minded business men hiking more price of essential items and food stock, making gangs of syndication to making money by price hiking. The people are seriously suffering by taking it for its own and for children for making baby foods, sweets etc which is cause for cancer, diabetics, stroke and other harmful diseases.
The speakers demand immediately demand the ban item milk powder and withdraw the products from markets and testing the quality of milk powder and inform the people.
Speakers anxious about the roles of the government monitoring agency who take over the issues license are motivated for ill purposes and the business gangs continue their illegal & unfair business. Around 6000 children suffer seriously sick to take toxic milk powder in China and 3 are died. The speakers demanded to punished the gangs and cancel the license and ban their product and assets and demanding socially boycott these business people.
The speakers also criticize the ill activities and making networks by the culprit business syndicate to maintain their allies in law enforcing agencies, media, politicians and administration.
A large number of men and women were participated the symbolic protest and destroy few items of milk powder. CAB announced a month long programme to protest the syndicate gangs, price hike and date without expire milk powder importer through submitting memorandums to Chief Advisor, Chief of Army, discussions with various professional groups and avoid the goods from culprit importers etc.
Mr. Subrata Kr Bala
DPO, CAB Chittagong
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Consumers Association of Bangladesh(CAB) Chittagong
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