Review of three more garment factories by inspection teams appointed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) found structural faults and recommended immediate course of action. Representatives from the government, Accord, Alliance, BUET, BGMEA and BKMEA are in the review committee that reviewed a factory in Chittagong. The panel asked the factory owner to conduct Detailed Engineering Assessment within the next six weeks. Critical findings on the three garment factories — Fashion Export International in Chittagong, Eraf Composite at Fatullah and Mujib Fashion at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj — have been sent to the review committee.

According to Inspector General of the Department of Inspection of Factories and Establishments, Syed Ahmed, the review committee had asked the Fashion Export International owner to remove unauthorised structure from the factory. The two other factories will be reviewed on March 12, he said.

The TUV-SUD Bangladesh and Veritas Engineering and Consultant, the two firms hired by the ILO, have recently started safety assessment in the garment factories that are not included on the list of the EU and North American retailers’ assessment programmes. Since November 2013, the BUET team had inspected about 500 garment factories and referred two factory names to the review panel.