Maggi banned in U'khand
June 04, 2015 10:53
Uttarakhand has joined the list of states to ban the sale of Maggi with samples of the popular food product failing laboratory tests. "A decision to ban the sale of Maggi was taken late last night in public interest by the Food Security Department as 2 of a 300 odd samples of the food product failed laboratory tests," Principal Secretary Health Om Prakash said.
The decision was prompted by the presence of monosodium glutamate (MSG) in the samples sent for laboratory tests. An order pronouncing the ban and seeking immediate withdrawal of the product from market places is being formally issued today.
However, no lead content was found in the samples tested, and out of the 300 samples sent to Rudrapur laboratory, test results of a majority of them are still awaited.
The decision was prompted by the presence of monosodium glutamate (MSG) in the samples sent for laboratory tests. An order pronouncing the ban and seeking immediate withdrawal of the product from market places is being formally issued today.
However, no lead content was found in the samples tested, and out of the 300 samples sent to Rudrapur laboratory, test results of a majority of them are still awaited.
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