The Cabinet has approved the draft of the production, storage, movement, transportation, supply, distribution, and marketing of food grains (Prevention of Prejudicial Activity) Act, 2022 providing for punishment for offenses in any stage of the food supply chain.
The approval came from the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in Dhaka on Monday, reports UNB.
“If anyone commits an offense under the proposed law, the person would be awarded maximum five-year jail or highest Tk 1.0 million as fine,” said Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam while briefing reporters at Bangladesh Secretariat.
He said the proposed law was brought by merging two existing laws -- Foodgrains Supply (Prevention of Prejudicial Activity) Ordinance, 1979 and the Food (Special Courts) Act, 1956 with a view to ensure quality food items.
The cabinet secretary said tougher punishment has been proposed in the draft law to prevent offenses and misleading information in the stages of production, storage, movement, transportation, supply, distribution and marketing of food grains.