MYSURU: District Food Safety and Quality Control Officers visited Nestle company’s Maggi noodles production unit at Nanjangud Industrial Area to check whether the unit has stopped production.
This was in the wake of the state government temporarily banning the sale of Maggi noodles. Food Inspector Lokesh, along with Food Safety Officer Satish, visited the unit on Saturday evening and inspected the plant. The officers had also picked a few packets of Maggi from retail outlets and also at the plant and sent them for tests at authorised and government-identified laboratories in Bengaluru.
Lokesh said the higher officers had directed to personally visit the plant following the furore over the allegations of lead content in the snack being beyond the permissible limit.
He said the authorities at the factory said they have stopped production for the past three days. They also said they have recalled the stocks from retail stores and from distributors and will not start production until further orders from the competent authorities are received. Nestle, that has 700 employees at the unit, continued the production of other products.
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