The Supreme Court has declared all 14 pasteurized milk brands safe for production, distribution and sales across Bangladesh on Wednesday.
The order came after the Appellate Division’s chamber judge Justice Md Nuruzzaman scraped a High Court order that had earlier halted the production, distribution and sales of pasteurized milk from respective 14 brands.
On July 28, the High Court ordered 14 registered companies — including Milk Vita, Pran and Aarong — to stop production, distribution and selling of their pasteurized milk across Bangladesh for five weeks.
Later, the Appellate Division lifted the ban on state-owned cooperative Milk Vita and Akij Food and Beverage Ltd (Farm Fresh Milk) and Pran Dairy Ltd (Pran Milk) respectively.
On July 23, the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) submitted reports before the High Court from three laboratories — Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), and the Feed and Food Safety Laboratory of the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute.