CFTRI: tested Maggi noodles samples sent from Goa

However, it clarifies that it did not analyse MSG

The city-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) on Thursday said it tested the samples of Maggi noodles sent from Goa and the report had been dispatched to the State’s Food Safety Department.

The parameters and standards for testing noodles, pastas and macaroni with ‘tastemakers’, as prescribed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), had been adopted for conducting the tests, said CFTRI Director Ram Rajashekaran.

‘Not listed’

However, the premier food laboratory clarified that it did not analyse Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) as it was not listed in the FSSAI advisory on testing the samples, the director said in a release here.

The CFTRI, which is the Referral Food Laboratory, analysed the Maggi noodle samples (the appeal samples were received from the designated officers of Goa recently) and forwarded the report to the designated officer concerned, Prof. Rajashekaran said.

However, the details of the results had not been divulged.

‘No clean chit’

Meanwhile, the FSSAI, in a press release (which was circulated to the press here by the CFTRI), clarified that it had not given a clean chit on the safety of Maggi noodles.

The clarification comes in the light of reports in a section of the press that FSSAI or the FSSAI-approved lab found the noodles safe.

However, it clarifies that it did not analyse MSG