The government will take legal actions against the salt mills failing to maintain adequate iodine proportion in their salt production after August 31, said officials of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) on Thursday.
The warning came at a review of annual progress of the BSCIC project, titled ‘Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders through Universal Iodations of Salt’ (CIDD-3rd phase), at Biam auditorium.
The officials observed that the salt mill owners and other people concerned need to work with greater responsibility to achieve the target of providing 100 percent families in the country with iodised salt by 2016.
At present, 58 percent of the table salt produced in the country is adequately iodised, they informed.
So far, 267 salt iodisation plants (SIPs) have been distributed among eight salt zones of the country with assistance from Unicef under Tk 71 crore BSCIC project, they added.
Presided over by BSCIC director (development and expansion) M Jahangir Mollah, the review meeting was also attended by BSCIC chairman Shyamsundar Shikdar, said a handout. – UNB
