Proper enforcement of consumers’ rights protection law stressed

Successful Enforcement of the Consumers Rights Protection Law has become an urgent need for ensuring safe food and protecting public health from various non-communicable diseases.

Many people are being infected by deadly diseases like cancer, liver cirrhosis, hepatitis and cardiac and kidney ailments through the consumption of adulterated foods, so there is no way but to resist producing, possessing and selling unhygienic, adulterated and contaminated foods.

The observation came at a seminar titled “Consumers Rights Protection” held at the conference hall of Teachers Students Cultural Centre in Rajshahi University (RU) on Friday, largely attended by its teachers and students.

The Department of National Consumers Rights Protection (DNCRP) organised the seminar supported by the Conscious Consumers Society (CCS) and the RU unit of Consumers Youths Bangladesh (CYB).

DNCRP Director-General AHM Shafiquzzaman addressed the seminar as the focal person, while RU Pro-vice-chancellors Prof Chowdhury Jakaria and Prof Sultan-Ul-Islam spoke as special guests with DNCRP Director Monzur Muhammad Shahriar in the chair.

CCS Executive Director Polash Mahmud illustrated the aspects of consuming safe food for building healthy and knowledgeable public health everywhere in society.

DNCRP Deputy Directors Bikash Chandra Das, Afroza Rahman and Apurba Adhikery and Assistant Directors Hassan Al Maruf, Masum Ali and Zannat Ferdous also spoke on the occasion.

In his speech, Shafiquzzaman attributed that the activities of DNCRP have been gaining popularity as many of the consumers are being benefited after availing of services of the organisation.

He told the meeting that they played a vital role in mitigating the price hike of various essential commodities, including soyabean oil and rice, as per the direction of the government.