The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has urged 20 companies to manufacture and market quality food items in the upcoming Ramadan.
The Ministry of Industries gave the information through a press release issued on Sunday, reports BSS.
In this regard, BSTI has sent letters to the manufactures and said the institution will also write to other manufacturers with the same request.
According to the BSTI, the demand for 181 products shoots up in the holy month of Ramadan.
The items include mineral water, soft-drinks powder, fruit syrup, fruit juice, carbonated beverage, ghee, vermicelli, noodles, pasteurized milk, ice-cream, fortified soybean and sunflower oil.
Manufacturers who have received the letter are: PRAN Foods Limited, Shabnam Vegetable Oil Limited, Akij Foods and Beverage Limited, Transcom Beverage Limited, Super Oil Refinery Limited, City Group, Brac Dairy and Food Project, Tanveer Foods Limited, Bangladesh Milk Producer’s Cooperative Union Limited, Bangladesh Edible Oil Limited, New Zealand Dairy Limited, ACI Group, Nestle Bangladesh, Bashundhara Multi Food and Beverage Limited, Abul Khayer Group, Square Foods Ltd, Bangladesh Super Shop Owners Association, BD Foods Limited, Swiss Bakery and Sajib Corporation.
