The draft anti-formalin law with the provision to provide life sentence as maximum penalty to offenders has got the final approval of the Cabinet.
The meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday gave nod to the draft Formalin Control Act 2014 submitted to it by the Ministry of Commerce.
Traders will require licenses to sell, carry and store the preservative once the law is passed, said Cabinet Secretary Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan.
Mobile courts and police have found the chemical being used rampantly in almost all seasonal fruits and fish during anti-formalin drives in markets across the country.
Source: bdnews24