Maggi faces ban threat

SHILLONG, JUNE 3: ‘Maggi’ noodles face a ban threat in Meghalaya if the sample that has been sent for testing test positive for overdose of monosodium glutamate and lead in the popular snack.

Meghalaya chief secretary PBO Warjri said on Wednesday, “We’ll consider banning this (Maggi) product in the state if the samples sent for testing are positive for overdose of monosodium glutamate and lead.”

Warjri said an official order banning ‘Maggi’ will be issued if it tested positive.

The state’s food safety office has already sent at least nine samples collected from the Maggi depot at Mawblei in the city outskirts to the Guwahati-based Public Health Laboratory last week.

“We are waiting for the reports and necessary actions will follow based on the outcome of the reports of the samples,” Food Safety assistant commissioner DBS Mukhim said.- By Our Reporter

She said the food safety office in the state had issued an advisory for people to avoid consuming the product pending an outcome of the report from the laboratory.