May 24, 2015

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Packaged food are time savers but harmful too!

Eat, pray and sleep is the norm what nowadays people are opting for. In such hectic life people rather than cooking meals for an hour or two prefer to take packed or ready to eat food. But how healthy these? A recent report revealed that everyone's favorite past time meal maggi contain lead and MSG (monosodium glutamate) beyond permissible limit.
Meanwhile, the Lucknow Food Safety and Drug Administration asked Food Safety and Standard Authority of India in writing to cancel the license of Nestle's product Maggi. However, Nestle denied all allegations.
Perhaps in order to enhance flavour of packed and processed food, the usage of MSG is common but it may also harm people's health if it's presence is in excess. Even human body produce monosodium glutamate but regular intake of the same can bless one with unhealthy life. It is a silent killer or one can call it sweet poison which engulf one's body leisurely.
There are other products too which following the same step. They not only conquered everyone's taste but also inundating all with diseases.
Soups
Once everyone was more concerned about consuming fresh food but as time changes, the packed food has superseded it all. Packed soups are not good for health as it contain dehydrated veggies, dried glucose syrup , edible vegetable fat, yeast extract powder etc. The usage of food color or flavor enhancer in soup can directly effect one's liver and kidney. Also one's digestive system face problems because of toxic coloring agents. 
Ready to eat food
One cannot think of getting into shape after regular intake of this type of meal. It contains dehydrated vegetables, spices including sugar. Fresh vegetables are more rich in nutrient comparative to dehydrated veggies. This kind of veggies are completely devoid of nutrient, protein and vitamins. Even re-heating of this type of meal totally kills the available micro-nutrients of veggies. 
Museli or sugar coated flakes
Everyone finds museli and sugar coated flakes the best breakfast for every morning. But how often people discussed its' side effects in life? Although it is complete meal in itself but with disease like diabetes. One can surely wait to get diabetic patient soon after consuming this type of breakfast regularly. It not only increase the sugar level in body but also cause hyper-activeness.

Maggi hullaballoo sparks memes, jokes


MP: Residents anxious about consuming Maggi


Scientists have reportedly found lead and a high level of MSG in about two dozen packets of noodles manufactured by Nestle India in Uttar Pradesh. 
The presence of high-level of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead in Maggi as scientists reportedly found in it recently has made residents anxious about the quality of the product that they’ve been consuming for years.
Media reports suggested that scientists found lead and high level of MSG in about two dozen packets of noodles manufactured by the company in Uttar Pradesh during a routine test.
However, some shopkeepers in New Market and MP Nagar said there was no impact on the sale of Maggi.
Even otherwise, if there was any such report, its impact on the sale could not be assessed in just a day, they said.
A resident of Trilanga, Sudha Tiwari, said: “For me, Maggi was a comfortable food and a favourite too, but after the news regarding the lead in the Maggi, I can’t even think of eating it. I can’t take risks with my child’s life.”
Requesting anonymity, a distributor said: “We didn’t receive any instruction from the company. Even shopkeepers didn’t make any query about it. We will take any action only after the company’s instructions.”
Food and drugs administration joint controller Pramod Shukla said: “We discussed the issue. As Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSA) is looking into the matter, we are waiting for the FSSA’s instructions. We will take action only after FSSA’s order.”
Nestle India’s area sales manager Sushil Doshi said, “I cannot comment on the news reports.”
However, the distributor of Maggi from Nestle India, the company which produces the noodles, has not received any instruction so far to withdraw any particular batch of the noodles from the market.

Maggi noodles in Dubai to be tested, says Dubai Municipality


Products in Middle East safe, says Nestlé after reports of recalls in India







Dubai - The Dubai Municipality will conduct tests on Maggi noodles in the wake of reports from India about “dangerous amount” of lead and flavour enhancers, even as Nestlé Middle East has assured the safety of the product in the UAE market.
Reports in the Indian media this week said Maggi’s two-minute noodles were under the scanner after high lead content was found during routine tests on two dozen packets in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). Initial tests reportedly also found high levels of added monosodium glutamate (MSG), a taste enhancer.
However, in a report on Wednesday, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India denied ordering a recall as reported by a section of the media. It said it was waiting for a report from UP before deciding to order a countrywide sampling.
A senior UP official also said the final report of the investigation is yet to come and a recall of the product can be ordered only after confirmatory reports are examined.
Responding to queries on the safety of the product here, a Dubai Municipality official said there was no safety concern raised at the moment. “We subject all products, including this, to laboratory tests after doing routine sampling,” he told Khaleej Times.
“We are aware of the issue in India. In view of that, we will conduct more specific sampling and tests to ensure compliance,” he added.
Another official said MSG was not banned in the UAE. It was also found mentioned on the labels of Maggi packets.
“We inspect food facilities for compliance. That ensures that unapproved products are not used. However, there is no ban on the use of MSG in the UAE... Products are tested on a risk-based scale and that helps us to ensure that unsafe products don’t get into the market,” he said. Lynn Al Khatib, a Nestlé Middle East spokesperson, told Khaleej Times: “All Nestlé products in the Middle East are safe and compliant with the highest quality standards.”
Welcoming tests on Maggi, she assured there was no need for consumers here to be concerned. However, she said she was not in a position to answer questions about the issue in India.
A top official from Sharjah Municipality said the inspectors take samples of food and test them every day. “They have never come across with issues (in this product) and all food in the market are fit for consumption. They didn’t receive complaints from the public either,” said the official.

Food inspectors seize stocks of Maggi noodles for inspection

Agra/ Lucknow/ Vadodra, May 23 (ANI): Food inspectors have been seizing stocks of Maggi noodles and sending samples to laboratory for inspection after high lead content was found during tests in Uttar Pradesh. Food inspectors have ordered Nestle India to recall a batch of Maggi noodles from shops across the country, saying the product contained dangerous levels of lead. The Food safety and Drug Administration (FDA) in Uttar Pradesh said high lead content was found during routine tests on two dozen packets of instant noodles, manufactured by Nestle in India. The scientists also found high levels of added monosodium glutamate (MSG), a taste enhancer, in the noodles. In Uttar Pradesh's Agra city, officials have seized and sealed 89 packets of the food product. Meanwhile, the situation is similar across Gujarat state. Nestle India, a subsidiary of Swiss-based Nestle SA (NESN.VX), however had said it had strict safety and quality controls in place for all raw materials used to make Maggi noodles.

Indian schools told to junk the junk food

Some unbelievable news just broke. Move over, Jamie Oliver: school nutrition has taken a leap forward in India, at least on paper. India’s middle-class urban kids are more obese than they have ever been. It is worrisome, given the high incidence of diabetes among Indian adults in the last few decades. This obesity has been linked to a change in diet and a major shift to a sedentary lifestyle, as city kids are glued to computers, PlayStations and smartphones after school, and spend less and less time outdoors.
In a major development, the Delhi High Court decreed that junk food – high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) – must be restricted in schools and a 50-metre radius around schools. The court ruling was made public recently. Educationists who have worked long and hard on the issue are doing a victory dance. The restrictions on junk food, or HFSS, are expected to cover schools all across India, and specifically restrict crisps, chips, fried foods, sugar-sweetened carbonated and non-carbonated drinks, ready-to-eat noodles, pizzas, burgers, French fries and a huge range of sweets which the court dubs ‘confectionery items’.
The Court has instructed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), a government body authorized to regulate food standards, to develop specific rules around how the restrictions will be enforced with a 3-month deadline. Additionally, the court has asked the FSSAI to develop policies for school canteens to ensure nutritious, healthy and wholesome school meals.
They must also regulate advertising and promotional activities of junk-food companies directed at children, including potentially restricting celebrities from advertising junk food. So film stars and cricket icons can no longer sell Coca-Cola or Pepsi on TV. The FSSAI has been ordered to strengthen labelling laws to make nutritional labels more informative and appropriate and to establish stringent limits for unhealthy ingredients, including limiting transfats to 5 per cent. Schools are instructed to encourage their students to partake in games, yoga and physical activity.
The Court’s decision is a result of a public litigation filed by the Delhi-based Uday Foundation in December 2010. The Court created an expert advisory group comprising nutritionists and paediatricians. It included well-known environmentalist Sunita Narain, founder of the Centre for Science and Environment.
On the other side, predictably, was the National Restaurants Association of India, All India Food Processors Association and Retailers Association of India. Coca-Cola India and Nestlé were included with this group, having managed to implead themselves into the case. Ironically, newspapers today report that Nestlé’s Maggi noodles, currently a hot favourite with most middle-class Indian families, have just been recalled in India because they contain unacceptably high, unsafe levels of lead and monosodium glutamate. TV ads abound of ‘cool’ Indian mothers producing instant delights – instant noodles – for their ‘cool’ kids. Ordinary Indian fare – rice, dal and chappatis – is uncool, boring and country-bumpkinish.
Apparently, no-one in the judiciary thought it was funny or even ironic that McDonalds, Dominos, PepsiCo, Cadbury India (now Mondelez India), Dabur and Parle Agro were all represented by industry groups advising the judiciary on how to get Indian children to avoid junk food. It took Dr Arun Gupta, paediatrician-activist of International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), to voice the group’s concerns. ‘Allowing industry to advise on public-health policies, and particularly those affecting children, is wrong, because there is a clear conflict of interest. Food companies exist to make money.’
The decision by the Delhi High Court is a setback to junk-food companies which have identified emerging economies such as India as the new profitable markets. Sugary drinks are being challenged and curbed all across the world – Mexico introduced a sugar and junk-food tax in January 2014. Berkeley in the US voted in November 2014 to tax sugar-sweetened beverages. Research shows that for the first time in recorded history, the youngest generation of US kids will have a shorter life-span than their parents. Indian groups, including the India Resource Centre, IBFAN Asia, the Uday Foundation and the Alliance Against Conflict of Interest, will be working to challenge the attempts of the food industry to influence public policy. We wish them luck.

Mangoes seized


Food Safety Officers seized five tonnes of mangoes that were artificially ripened at fruit stalls in the city. According to Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department (Food Safety Wing) Designated Officer R. Kathiravan, who led the teams that conducted the raids, two tonnes were seized from a shop on Karuppa Gounder Street and another three tonnes from a shop in Kembatti Colony. They were destroyed at the Corporation Compost Yard at Vellalore.

Fake plastic rice from China may be on your dinner plate

Feel a craving for a bowl of rice to go with your stir-fried chicken and veggies? That’s probably not a great idea if you’re in Asia considering the new reports of fake plastic rice which have started going around once again. Apparently, the source of this ‘manufactured’ grain is none other than China itself.
The fake rice is supposedly made of sweet potatoes, regular potatoes and synthetic resin, and then molded into shape. You’d imagine it’d be easier and cheaper to just grow and sell the real thing, right? Plastic resin is not meant to be consumed and will create problems in the digestive system, even though it’s not instantly poisonous when ingested in minute quantities.


The manufactured rice is said to have invaded largely rural countries like India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. It may have entered Singapore too recently. AsiaOne Soshoik News alleges that the product is ‘commonly sold’ in markets across China. Malaysian Minister Datuk Seri Hasan Malek has yet to confirm the veracity of the story, but promises an investigation into the matter.
Malek says that Malaysia’s strict regulations would make it hard for such spurious produce to enter the country. At the same time, it can reach small shops if it’s being smuggled across the borders. Suppliers may also be able to pass detection by mixing the synthetic grains with real rice. So how do you tell if you’re eating plastic rice or not? It seemingly remains hard even after being cooked.
Even for those who don’t put much stock in content circulating on social media and a couple of reports, it’s not easy to wave off such stories about a country that gave us theChinese milk scandal of 2008. It affected 300,000 people and had the World Health Organization (WHO) labeling it as one of the largest food safety events in recent times. India is not far behind on such scams either.
In the year 2013, it emerged that well over 70 percent of milk sold in India contained water (to dilute and increase quantity), caustic soda, skimmed milk powder, paint, sugar, urea (for preservation), detergent hydrogen peroxide, glucose, starch, salt and vegetable fat. And the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) was seen to be doing nothing about it.
As for the plastic rice, even Indonesian authorities have started cracking down on it. According to The Jarkarta Globe, a raid on a store at the Mutiara Gading market in Bekasi discovered it to be selling the fake rice mixed with real grains. So watch what you put in your mouth, OK.

Soft drinks, food products of 300 firms adulterated

Several soft drink brands sold in Kerala contain hazardous chemicals. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has ordered these products to be recalled from the market.
The decision comes in the wake of media reports about possible regulatory action against Maggi noodles, which the state regulator in Uttar Pradesh said had high levels of lead and monosodium glutamate.
Kerala’s Food Safety Commissioner’s Office also found that food and healthcare products from about 300 companies, including multinational corporations, have been adulterated. The department has not publicised the names of the offending companies but the list has been handed over to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India as global companies were involved.
The central government has asked the states to immediately seize products that adulterate medicines and food items that attract children. The adulteration mostly happens in pills, which are usually mixed with chalk powder and chemicals. The fakery is prevalent in vitamin tablets.
The colouring agents used in beverages targeting children are proven agents which trigger cancer. Chips and ice cream have a large amount of harmful bacteria. The samples collected from across the state were tested in state-run food safety laboratories.

FROM KFC’S RICE BOWL TO MAGGI: 5 FOOD ITEMS THAT SPARKS CONTROVERSY

New Delhi: India is a hub of controversies where food items once or twice in a year becomes a headline for their contentious ingredient. With the recent Maggi controversy, food import and export guidelines have come under the scanner. Now food authorities have issued a notice to check samples of Maggi in every state.
While gourmands like us would argue that there are far more pressing food safety issues to worry about in our country, there are always two sides to every coin, so we give you a quick list of some controversial foods in India.
KFC’s ‘Rizo Rice’ artifical colour controversy


The samples of ‘Rizo Rice’ was taken from KFC at Scindia House in Connaught Place showed that it contained artificial colour.KFC denied these allegations and the authorities have confirmed that their rice product is safe for consumption.
Although rice sample was collected by FSSAI and analyzed from an NABL accredited independent lab at the same time and it confirmed that Tartrazine or any other synthetic colour was not present in the product.
The McDonald’s ‘beef fries’ controversy

In May 2001, a class action lawsuit was filed against the world’s largest fast-food chain McDonald’s. The lawsuit alleged that the company had, for over a decade, duped vegetarian customers into eating French fries that contained beef extracts.
Activists of Hindu fundamentalist groups – the Shiv Sena, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal, staged a demonstration in front of the McDonald’s head office in Delhi protesting the alleged use of beef flavouring. They submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister, demanding the closure of all McDonald’s outlets in the country. About 30 people were arrested and later let off on bail. Company officials estimated the loss to the outlet at Rs 2 million.
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo controversial ingredient from drinks
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo removed a controversial ingredient from all their drinks, including Mountain Dew, Fanta and Powerade.
The ingredient, called brominated vegetable oil, had been the target of petitions on Change.org by a teenager who wanted it out of PepsiCo’s Gatorade and Coca-Cola’s Powerade. In her petitions, Sarah Kavanagh noted that the ingredient has been patented as a flame retardant.
Branded milk controversy



In 2012, report cited Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) that found 70% of the milk sampled in Delhi adulterated. Glucose and skimmed milk powder were reported as the main adulterants.
Paediatrician gave their views that infant weaned on cattle milk may remain malnourished if the milk is diluted with water. Experts said that Milk adulterated with urea may lead to omiting, nausea and loose motions; detergents, vegetable fat and caustic soda can even lead to cancer in the long run. It can cause lever damage, heart problems and damage of the mucous membrane of the food pipe. After knowing so many health issues caused by adulteration, big brands lost their reliability among consumers.
Maggi Silicon ingredient

Food inspectors have ordered Nestle India to recall a batch of Maggi noodles from shops across Uttar Pradesh, saying the product contained dangerous levels of lead. The Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) in Uttar Pradesh said high lead content was found during routine tests on two dozen packets of instant noodles, manufactured by Nestle in India
Two FDA officials said all the packets of instant noodles tested in the state-run laboratory were contaminated. They found a lead concentration of 17.2 parts per million (ppm), which is way beyond the permissible limit.
Now food authorities have taken a new move and said that authorities will have testing of maggi sample in the whole country to counteract the high content of silicon in India.

Were Starbucks, Kellogg, McCain trying to sell substandard food products in India? Find out

The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has rejected applications by Tata Starbucks, Ferrero, FieldFresh Foods, Kellog, Del Monte and McCain, who requested for product approvals.
The national food regulator, FSSAI, pulled up these companies for trying to seek passage of their items using 'Make in India' platform and rejected their applications on account of assessment of risk or safety.
The Economic Times reported the applications by Tata Starbucks that were disallowed include over 30 variants of puddings, sauces, mixes, syrups, tea and coffee. This was probably the single biggest set of product approvals request that was rejected by the FSSAI in one go.
The regulatory also rejected McCain's battered pepper and cheese bites, Venky's chicken Arabic-style kofta and crispy chicken burger patty, including Kellogg's Special K-red berries, Del Monte's egg mayonnaise/salad dressing variants, natural vinegar and a proprietary hot sauce, and Ferrero Rocher's proprietary milky and cocoa spreads with cereals and milk chocolate.
"Starbucks is committed to complying with the regulations in every market we operate in. In India, all of the products and ingredients that we serve are safe. FSSAI has not raised any questions on the safety of our products," a Tata Starbucks spokesperson told ET in an email response.
However, this is not the first time that Tata Starbucks had a problem with FSSAI. In April last year, the body blocked a consignment of syrups, which was released after the cafe chain moved the Bombay High Court for relief.
The regulator said the companies were also trying to take advantage of 'Make in India' initiative.
"Most food business operators, especially the aggrieved ones, appear to be swearing by the hon'ble PM's 'Make in India' initiative, conveniently forgetting that it is also accompanied by the words 'zero defect and zero effect'," FSSAI Chief Executive Officer YS Malik said in a an open letter to food & beverage firms on May 11, which was posted on the website.
It further read that the extent of unilateral condemnation of a sector regulator by the people whom it is meant to regulate has been unprecedented for some time in the past.
A company official said that the decision could be challenged in the court but it is a long-drawn process. "We would not want to get into those issues. Product approval, as it is, is so slow that we end up losing the competitive edge despite thoroughly researching these products," the official told ET.
The FSSAI conducts tests of random samples and in the case of imported products and checks them at ports. ET reported the FSSAI official said in his letter that companies often find it convenient to draw parallels with the US Food & Drug Administration or the EU regulatory system, "little realising that self-regulation is rather compelling in those economies, thanks to a very conscious and aware consumer base, coupled with an effective and responsive legal system"

Is Maggi safe to eat? Nestlé says yes

The quality and safety of the products are the top priorities for the company, reads the press release.

Nestlé House, Gurgaon, May 21, 2015
On April 30, 2015 the local authorities in Lucknow asked us to recall one batch of Maggi Noodles (around 200,000 packs) which were manufactured in February 2014 and had already reached the "Best Before Date" in November 2014. Nestlé India's current practice is to collect stock that is near "Best Before date" from distributors/retailers so we are confident that these packs are no longer in the market. The company does not agree with the order and is filing the requisite representations with the authorities. In the meantime it is important to note that there are no other orders to recall Maggi Noodle products in the market. People can be confident that Maggi Noodle products are safe to eat.
The quality and safety of our products are the top priorities for our company.
We have in place strict food safety and quality controls at our Maggi factories, including thorough quality checks at each stage of our raw material sourcing and manufacturing process. This includes comprehensive testing to ensure that Maggi Noodles comply with all applicable food safety laws, as well as our own high standards of quality and safety before they reach our consumers.
We are aware of reports that tests by the local authorities have detected Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) in a sample of Maggi Noodles and that they are continuing their investigation. We have submitted product samples to an independent accredited laboratory and will share the results with the authorities.
We do not add MSG to our Maggi Noodles sold in India and this is stated on the concerned product. However, we use hydolysed groundnut protein, onion powder and wheat flour to make Maggi Noodles sold in India, which all contain glutamate. We believe that the authorities' tests may have detected glutamate, which occurs naturally in many foods.
Have your say. You can comment here.We are also aware of the reports of elevated levels of lead in a pack of Maggi Noodles analysed by the authorities. We regularly monitor for lead as part of our stringent quality control processes, including testing by accredited laboratories. These tests have consistently shown lead levels in Maggi Noodles to be within permissible limits. We have submitted product samples to an independent accredited laboratory and will share the results with the authorities.

Maharashtra FDA tests Maggi noodles

The tests will also ascertain whether the MSG level is as per the Gross Manufacturing Practices norms

Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on Friday said tests of Maggi noodles samples collected from Mumbai and Nagpur would find out the exact quantity of monosodium glutamate in the popular snack.
Expected within a week, the reports would have inputs of food technologists and analysts.
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is derived from some forms of seaweed or from tin, and is stabilised by mixing with water and salt.
Whether or not it causes serious ailments has been debated by researchers for much mid- to late 20th century.
An FDA official who did not want to be named told Business Standard: “Tests will reveal the extent of glutamic acid, leadand MSG levels in Maggi noodles. We shall know if the MSG level is according to the Gross Manufacturing Practices norms.”
He added the sample sent for the tests were from the products available at present in the market and not older ones.
State FDA minister Girish Bapat confirmed the tests and said the findings would be shared with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
Industry experts shared FDA’s view, saying the testing of MSG is crucial as a lot of method development issues are involved so as to differentiate the naturally occurring glutamic acid and synthetically manufactured MSG.

MSG, Lead In Maggi: After Uttar Pradesh, India's Favourite Snack Under Scanner In Another State

NEW DELHI — India’s favourite snack is under scanner in other states after the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) in Uttar Pradesh recently found high lead content in two dozen packets of Maggi, even as manufacturer Nestle India, which has been asked to recall about 200,000 packets of noodles, said it was safe for consumption.
The Hindustan Times reported that the Maharashtra state unit of the FDA is planning to conduct its own tests before “taking a drastic step such as recalling the product from the market”.
“We have collected samples of the product from different parts of the state such as Pune, Nagpur and Mumbai and have sent them to our laboratory for tests. The results will come in a couple of days, after which we will decide if there is a need to take action,” said Dr Harshdeep Kamble, state FDA commissioner, was quoted by the paper as saying.
Gujarat is also conducting independent tests to check if Maggi contains high lead content.
In a statement on Thursday, Nestle India, a subsidiary of Swiss-based Nestle SA, has said it did not agree with the UP government order asking it to recall a batch of Maggi, “and is filing the requisite representations with the authorities."
UP FDA officials said all the packets of instant noodles tested in the state-run laboratory were contaminated, reported Reuters.
Nestle India said the batch of about 200,000 packets of noodles it was being asked to recall were made in February last year and had already reached their "best-before" date last November, the Reuters report said.
It said it collects stock nearing best-before dates from distributors and retailers and was confident products from that batch were no longer on the market. Nestle India also said it had not received any other order to recall noodles currently being sold.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Food Safety Commissioner Vijay Bahadur was quoted by IANS as saying that orders had been issued to Nestle to also "look into the quality" of other Maggi batches, following some samples reportedly testing positive for possessing higher-than-permissible levels of lead and monosodium glutamate.
"Quality and safety of our products are the top priorities for our company," Nestle said. The company also said: "People can be confident that Maggi noodle products are safe to eat."
The central food safety authority told IANS it has initiated precautionary steps.
"We have asked the UP government for reports regarding the tests (on Maggi noodles). Action will be taken according to what comes out," said Food Safety Authority of India Director Bimal Kumar Dubey. He, however, said no orders to the company had yet been issued from the authority.
On the issue of MSG, Nestle said while it does not add it to Maggi noodles sold in India, and stated that as much on the packaging, the use of hydolysed groundnut protein, onion powder and wheat flour to make the noodles all contain glutamate.
"We believe the authorities' tests may have detected glutamate, which occurs naturally in many foods," Nestle said, alluding that it may have been confused with MSG. On lead, it said, regular monitoring that was a part of stringent quality control consistently indicated adherence to permissible limits.
Reacting to the developments, the programme manager for food safety with the Centre for Science and Environment, Amit Khurana, said such tests should be a matter of routine for food safefy authorities. "We congratulate the Uttar Pradesh team for that."
Similarly, Consumer Unity and Trusts Society, a non-government organisation, said products like Maggi are consumed by a large number of people and any doubt over safety must be taken seriously. "The food regulatory authorities must be strengthened for this," spokesperson Udai Mehta told IANS.

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தஞ் சை யில் நேற்று நடந் த விழா ஒன்றில் கலந் து கொண்ட மத் திய உண வுத் துறை அமைச் சர் ராம் வி லாஸ் பஸ் வான் பேசி ய தா வது:
மத் திய அரசு, பொது விநி யோக திட்டத் தின் கீழ் மாநி லங் களுக்கு ரூ.5 முதல் ரூ.8 வரை மானிய விலை யில் அரிசி வழங்கி வரு கி றது. இதி லி ருந்து பெறும் அரி சியை தமி ழக அரசு இல வ ச மாக விநி யோ கம் செய் கி றது. ஒரு நப ருக்கு 15 கிலோ வீதம் 4 பேர் கொண்ட குடும் பத் துக்கு 60 கிலோ தானி யம் வழங்க வேண் டும். தற் போது 20 கிலோ மட்டுமே குடும் பத் துக்கு வழங் கப் பட்டு வரு கி றது.
வட மா நி லங் களில் பனி, மழை யால் பயிர் கள் சேத ம டைந்து வரு கி றது. இத னால் எந்த தரத் தில் இருந் தா லும் தானி யத்தை கொள் மு தல் செய்ய வேண் டு மென விவ சா யி கள் கோரிக்கை வைத் த னர். அவர் களின் கோரிக் கையை ஏற்று எந்த தரத் தில் இருந் தா லும் உணவு தானி யத்தை கொள் மு தல் செய்ய உத் த ர வி டப் பட்டுள் ளது. நமது நாட்டில் 10 சத வீ தம் உணவு உற் பத் தியை மட்டுமே மத் திய அரசு கொள் மு தல் செய் கி றது. மற்ற உற் பத் தியை மாநில அர சு கள் கொள் மு தல் செய்து வரு கி றது. மத் திய அரசு மூலம் பொது வி நி யோக திட்டத் துக்கு வழங் கும் பொருட் கள் தர மா ன தாக உள் ளது. ஆனால் மாநில அரசு, தர மில் லாத பொருட் களை கொள் மு தல் செய் வ தால் அந்த அரசு சார் பில் ரேஷன் கடை யில் விநி யோ கிக் கும் பொருட் களில் குறை பாடு இருக் கி றது.
நுகர் வோர் நலனை கருத் தில் கொண்டு புதிய சட்டம் கொண்டு வரப் ப டும். மாநில, மாவட்டங் களில் உள்ள நுகர் வோர் நீதி மன் றங் களின் செயல் பாடு சரி யில்லை. குடி நீ ரில் கலப் ப டம் செய் தால் சிறை தண் டனை என்ற புதிய சட்டம் கொண்டு வரப் ப டும். இந்த சட்டத் தின் மூலம் வழக்கு தொடுத் த வர் மட்டு மல் லாது இந்த குடி நீரை அருந் து வ தால் பாதிப்பு ஏற் பட்ட வர் களுக் கும் நிவா ர ணம் கிடைக்க வழி வகை செய் யும்.
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'குடிநீரில் கலப்படம் செய்தால் கடும் சிறை தண்டனை'

தஞ்சாவூர்: ''குடிநீரில் கலப்படம் செய்தால், சிறை தண்டனை அளிக்க வசதியாக, விரைவில், புதிய சட்டம் கொண்டுவரப்பட உள்ளது,'' என, மத்திய உணவு அமைச்சர் ராம்விலாஸ் பஸ்வான் தெரிவித்தார்.
தஞ்சாவூரில், இந்திய உணவுக் கழக மாவட்ட அலுவலகம் மற்றும் உணவு பூங்கா அடிக்கல் நாட்டு விழா, நேற்று நடந்தது. இதில், பஸ்வான் பேசியதாவது: நாட்டிலுள்ள உணவு தானிய கிடங்குகளில், 60 லட்சம் மெட்ரிக் டன் அளவுக்கு, உணவு தானியங்களை சேமித்து வைக்க வசதியுள்ளது. மத்திய அரசின் பல்வேறு நடவடிக்கையால், கிடங்குகளில் வீணாகும் தானியங்களின் அளவு, 4 சதவீதத்தில் இருந்து, 0.044 சதவீதமாக குறைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. மத்திய அரசின் மூலம், பொது வினியோக திட்டத்திக்கு வழங்கும் பொருட்கள் தரமானதாக உள்ளன. ஆனால், மாநில அரசு, தரமில்லாத பொருட்களை கொள்முதல் செய்வதால், ரேஷன் கடையில் வினியோகிக்கும் பொருட்களில் குறைபாடு ஏற்படுகிறது. குடிநீரில் கலப்படம் செய்தால், சிறை தண்டனை அளிப்பதற்கு வசதியாக, விரைவில், புதிய சட்டம் கொண்டுவரப்படும். இந்த சட்ட மூலம், வழக்கு தொடுத்தவர் மட்டுமல்லாது, குடிநீரை அருந்துவதால் பாதிப்பு ஏற்பட்டவர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் நிவாரணம் கிடைக்க வழிவகை செய்யப்படும். இவ்வாறு, அவர் பேசினார்.