Pasteurised milk unsafe!

By Mostafizur Rahman, Dhaka
20 May 2018, 18:00 PM
UPDATED 21 May 2018, 00:41 AM
I am so worried to learn that pasteurised milk is not safe anymore. I got to know about this from a report on The Daily Star. In a recent

I am so worried to learn that pasteurised milk is not safe anymore. I got to know about this from a report on The Daily Star. In a recent study, 72 percent milk samples collected by scientists were found to be contaminated with coliform and 57 percent were contaminated with faecal coliform bacteria. And 11 percent of samples had high levels of E. coli. The level of bacteria found was beyond the standards set by Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI). Such milk can cause diarrhoea, dysentery and typhoid. The government should immediately investigate the problem and take necessary steps to contain it since this is a public health emergency.