The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Bangladesh Council for Scientific Industrial Research (BCSIR) is going to open a service center in the capital to help people detect existence of formalin in fish and milk.

Science and Information and Communication Technology Secretary SM Wahiduzzaman will formally inaugurate the center on November 11.

From the day of opening, the service centre will start selling formalin detection kits at a fair price, an official handout said here yesterday.

The government has taken the decision to launch centre in the wake of complaints that unscrupulous traders have been mixing formalin with fish, fruits and milk. According to the handout, foods adulterated with formalin reduces human immunity against diseases and smooth functioning of the nervous system, increases risk of cancer, liver cirrhosis kidney and heart ailment, allergy and asthma. Formalin prevents normal physical and mental growth of children, the handout added.