Oct 30, 2013

500 kg of pan masala product seized

A team of officers from the Food Safety Authority (FSA) seized more than 500 kgs of a pan masala product, which is reported to contain magnesium carbonate, an inorganic salt and mono sodium glutamate (ajinamoto), sometimes used as a food additive.
Laboratory test
An FSA official said that 520 kgs of a brand of pan masala product was seized from a godown in Paathalam, west of Kalamassery and statutory samples sent to the Regional Analytical Laboratory for further tests. The godown in which the substance was stored has been sealed, the official said.

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