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Itanagar, June 4: Food Safety Officers (FSO) in Arunachal Pradesh lifted random samples of Maggi noodles from various places of the state and dispatched them to a laboratory in Guwahati for analysis. “Samples have been lifted on May 21 and 22 last under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 as well as survey samples and the report of the food analyst is awaited,” Health and Family Welfare secretary Indira Mallo said in a statement today. (READ-Nestle Maggi controversy: Noodles banned in Uttarakhand)
The FSOs have been directed to lift more samples of various noodles brand for routine check of quality standards, she added. Uttarakhand has also joined the list of states to ban the sale of Maggi with samples of the popular food product failing laboratory tests. “A decision to ban the sale of Maggi was taken late last night in public interest by the Food Security Department as 2 of a 300 odd samples of the food product failed laboratory tests,” Principal Secretary Health Om Prakash told PTI.
The decision was prompted by the presence of monosodium glutamate (MSG) in the samples sent for laboratory tests to Rudrapur in Udhamsingh Nagar district, he said. “As the matter concerns public health we lost no time in imposing a ban on the popular food product in Uttarakhand. An order pronouncing the ban and seeking immediate withdrawal of the product from market places is being formally issued today,” he said.
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