BENGALURU: The controversy over Nestle's Maggi noodles refuses to die down in Karnataka. A week after health minister UT Khader said the government is thinking of lifting the ban, the instant noodles will be sent for another test.
While the NABC-approved lab in Bengaluru indicated that both lead and monosodium glutamate (MSG) levels were within permissible limits, the results from Central Food Technological Research Institute, Kolkata, showed the lead content is higher by 0.01 per cent in the samples sent by Karnataka.
Khader on Tuesday said the government has now decided to send the samples for the third time to another state for another round of testing. "Karnataka had never banned Maggi. It was only on the directions of the Centre and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India that we banned the product. Now since once of the readings (by CFTRI) have gone wrong, it needs to be looked into," he said.
While the NABC-approved lab in Bengaluru indicated that both lead and monosodium glutamate (MSG) levels were within permissible limits, the results from Central Food Technological Research Institute, Kolkata, showed the lead content is higher by 0.01 per cent in the samples sent by Karnataka.
Khader on Tuesday said the government has now decided to send the samples for the third time to another state for another round of testing. "Karnataka had never banned Maggi. It was only on the directions of the Centre and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India that we banned the product. Now since once of the readings (by CFTRI) have gone wrong, it needs to be looked into," he said.
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