MUMBAI: It is India’s best-loved brand of instant noodles, but now Nestle’s Maggi is in hot water as Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is testing more Maggi noodle samples collected from different states after the Uttar Pradesh FSDA found higher-than-allowed levels of lead and the taste-enhancing chemical monosodium glutamate (MSG).
The complete report of the tests are expected in the next two to three days, the government said Maggi brand ambassadors will also be liable for action if advertisements are found to be misleading.
Authorities in several states are testing samples of the product for Nestle have issued a statement saying their products are monitored for lead as part of their “stringent quality control processes” and that tests have “consistently shown lead levels to be within permissible limits”.
“FSSAI has taken up the case, it will take action. We have already written to the FSSAI,” Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan told reporters here.
He, however, said the consumer affairs department has not received any complaints from consumers on the Maggi issue so far.
According to Indian Express, dozens of live larvae were found in the company’s baby milk powder in Tamil Nadu.
