Tamil Nadu banned the manufacture, stocking and sale of Maggi and three other noodle brands — Wai Wai Xpress Noodles, Reliance Select Instant Noodles and Smith and Jones Chicken Masala Noodles — on Thursday for three months after samples of the products were found to contain unacceptable levels of lead.
Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Assam have banned the sale of Maggi, while the Gujarat government has banned it and another noodles brand — SK Foods — for violating food safety standards.
The Tamil Nadu Food Safety Department had sent samples of all four brands from across the State for testing. Of the 17 samples lifted from Chennai, the results of seven are out and six of them have been found to contain lead higher than the mandated limit of 2.5 parts per million, according to a press release.
The Tamil Nadu government has also sent notices to the manufacturers to withdraw the stocks currently available in the State markets.
Uttarakhand banned the sale of Maggi for three months after lab tests showed the presence of monosodium glutamate (MSG), a taste enhancer.
“Fifty-four samples were collected and sent to the Food Testing Laboratory in Rudrapur [in Udham Singh Nagar district]. The result of a sample from the Pauri area showed the presence of MSG,” said Joint Commissioner (Food Safety) B.R. Tamta said.
The Jammu and Kashmir government banned the sale of Maggi noodles for one month. In Gujarat, Maggi and SK Foods noodles have been banned for a month after the products failed the food safety test. The Assam government banned the chicken-flavoured Maggi for 30 days after finding the presence of MSG in the noodles.
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