The Chamber Judge has stayed the High Court order that said the government should not force anyone to consume the wheat imported from Brazil, and take it back if anyone wants to return though the food department report says it is safe for human consumption.
Chamber Judge Justice Hasan Foyez Siddiqui passed the order on Thursday after hearing an petition submitted by the Food Secretary and Food Directorate DG, seeking a stay on the HC's July 8 directives..
The court stayed the order till July 26 and sent the petition to the regular bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for its hearing.
On Wednesday, the bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman observed there is no report before the court that the wheat, which has already been distributed, caused illness or harm to anybody’s health.
“Based on the food department’s report, the court said that the wheat is perhaps okay and suitable for human consumption,” Deputy Attorney General Tapash Kimar Biswas said.
However, the court also mentioned about some of the local laboratories that claimed that they had found insects in the wheat, he said.
According to government officials, who have been insisting that the wheat is safe for consumption, they have supplied wheat to the forces that receive government rations and also to various dealers and mills, test relief and Food-for-Work programme.
According to Food Ministry, out of 205,128 tonnes of the Brazilian wheat, 174,926 tonnes were distributed over the last four months.
