A team of Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) on Tuesday seized at least 31 tons of dates from a cold storage in Narayanganj's Kanchpur area.
Of the seized dates, 14 tons were expired.
It was planned to sell those with fake stickers to extend the expiry date, said the officials.
The seizure of these dates took place amid consumer dissatisfaction with the rising price of dates in the markets centring Ramadan.
Abdus Salam, assistant director of Dhaka office, led the drive assisted by Md Salimuzzaman, assistant director of Narayanganj office, and a police team.
Based on secret information, the team raided the Star Multipurpose Cold Storage in Kutubpur area of Kanchpur next to the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway and found the dates of two separate enterprises stored.
During the drive, they found 14 tons of dates of Mosumi Enterprise with an expiry date of 2021.
Meanwhile, 17 tons of dates worth Tk26.94 lakh of Madina Enterprise were seized as they did not provide proper papers in this regard.
However, no one was fined.