SHILLONG, JUNE 23: Meghalaya government on Tuesday announced two months ban on ‘Maggi Noodles’ in the state after Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) was found in the samples. “Under relevant clauses of the Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006 manufacture, storage, transportation, distribution and sale of Maggi manufactured by Nestle has been prohibited initially for a period of sixty days,” Y Tsering, Commissioner of Food Safety, said in his order issued on Tuesday.
He said, “Chicken Maggi and Maggi 2-Minutes Noodle (Chicken)” tested positive for MSG which is prohibited to be used as additive in Pastas and Noodles as per regulations.
MSG has been declared as “unsafe” under section 3(1) (zz) of the Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006.
Earlier, the state government had sent as many as forty-seven legal samples of Maggi to the Public Health Laboratory in Guwahati.
Apart from this, Meghalaya government has also sent packaged food samples of ten different companies for test to ascertain whether these are safe for consumption.- By Our Reporter
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