Major juice manufacturers flout BSTI rules

Some of the major juice manufacturers are flouting the rule by not marking the juice packs with maximum retail price.
The rule of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution clearly states that every 250ml juice pack should have been marked with MRP.
But, visiting some city outlets that sell packed juices it was found that some of the packs ranging from 125ml to 250ml do not contain MRP leaving consumers with absolutely no idea as to how much they will have to pay for a pack of juice.
Pran mango juice manufactured by Pran group, Starship mango juice and chocolate drink by Abul Khair Condensed Milk and Beverage Limited, Danish by Danish Condensed Milk (Sister concern of Partex Group) and Shezan and Tops mango juices manufactured by Hashem Foods Limited are the ones without having MRP on the packets.
A number of salesmen said that since there was no MRP on the packs of these juices consumers had no choice but to buy them with the price they said.
When contacted, Mahbubul Wahid, marketing manager of Pran Group, told New Age that it would be very unfortunate if there was no MRP on the packs of Pran mango juices. ‘We are providing MRP on every pack after it has been made mandatory.’
He, however, admitted that there might not be MRP on small cartons of Pran juices owing to mistake during printing and MRP on cartons might wipe out after sweating in refrigerators.
About Danish products, Kazi Hasan, a senior official of Partex Group, said MRP on 200ml cartons could not be provided since the printing of cartons was done abroad. He, however, insisted that stickers marking MRP are affixed with the cartons.
When reminded this correspondent did not find any sticker on the carton, Hasan argued that the stickers might have parted the cartons after sweating in refrigerators. He said in future they would have MRP printed on the cartons.
None from Abul Khair Condensed Milk and Beverage Limited and Hashem Foods Limited could be contacted for comments as telephone numbers were not provided on the juice packs.
After repeated attempts, the BSTI director general, Abdul Matin, could not be reached for his comments.
However, a senior BSTI official requesting anonymity told New Age that the relating rule is yet to be fully implemented. ‘I would say the implementation of the rule is at preliminary stage. The rule will be fully implemented soon.’

Courtesy of NewAgebd