A new law has been brought to Parliament as punishment for the stockpile of food and a maximum of 14 years of rigorous imprisonment and fine.
Food means any kind of grain food i.e. rice, rice, wheat, flour, corn etc.
Today Thursday (June 22), Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar raised the ‘Food Product Production, Storage, Transfer, Transport, Supply, Distribution and Marketing Prevention of Harmful Activities’ Bill 2023' in Parliament.
At the same time, in the case of marketing food, the sale of food products in ‘fictional name’ and ‘distribution seal’ or ‘distribution’ of food products in the 'fictional name' in the marketing of food has been provided for distribution, transfer, purchase or sale of bags full of food items in government warehouses, imprisonment or fine of Tk 10 lakh.
It is also mentioned in the bill that if a person makes, print, publish, disseminate or distribute any false information or statements related to the production, stock of transfer, transfer, transport, supply, distribution and marketing of food, he will be punished with imprisonment for a maximum of five years or a fine of up to 15 lakh rupees or fine.
If you do business with a license or a licensed license, you will be punished with imprisonment for two years or a fine of 10 lakh taka or fine.
The bill will be sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food Ministry to submit a report within five days after examination of the bill.
The proposed law will have a number of courts to fulfill the purpose of the Act, which will be called the ‘Food Goods Special Court’.
Some crimes under this Act The trial can also be done in mobile courts.
