Chhanamukhi, a diversified and beloved sweetmeat from Brahmanbaria, has been recognised as a Geographical Indication (GI) product.
Assistant Director of the Division of Patents, Designs and Logos (DPDT) Md Majnu Bhuiyan at present confirmed that Bangladesh is now one and handiest owner of the product.
Brahmanbaria’s Chhanamukhi sweet has been registered below GI-75 in the Geographical Indication Registration E book since 8 April this three hundred and sixty five days. The utility for this recognition used to be submitted by the Brahmanbaria District Commissioner in April 2022, detailing the history, uncommon traits, and manufacturing contrivance of the sweet.
In step with the Brahmanbaria district administration’s web enlighten, Chhanamukhi originated in Brahmanbaria throughout the British colonial length. The sweet is notion for its labour-intensive activity, with round seven to eight litres of cow’s milk required to provide shining one kilogramme of Chhanamukhi, which at the 2d sells for Tk700 per kg.
The sweet has prolonged held a undeniable set apart in both local and global circles. Notably, in 1986, Pakistan’s then-president General Ziaul Haque praised the delicacy after tasting it at an tournament at the Bangladesh Embassy in Islamabad. His compliments own been extensively reported in Pakistani media at the time.
The DPDT recognises and certifies GI products below the Ministry of Industry in line with the norms of the Worldwide Property Rights Group (WIPO).
In 2013, the Geographical Indication Products (Registration and Safety) Act used to be enacted. In 2015, the DPDT called for the registration of GI products after the system of the Act.
It’s mentionable that Jamdani saree used to be known as a GI product for the predominant time in Bangladesh in 2016.
