The Telangana State government has sent notices to Nestle India along with ITC and HUL for the presence of Mono Sodium Glutamate(MSG) in their food products respectively Maggi noodles, Sunfeast and Knorr soupy noodles. Though the Lead levels are maintained below the maximum permitted level of 2.2 ppm as prescribed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the MSG, a flavor enhancer, found in all the respective samples lead the State government to take legal actions.
The State government officials have maintained that the analysis has indicated that lead levels were normal and with the noodles manufacturer voluntarily deciding to recall Maggi from the shelves, there was no point in banning the same. The manufacturer claimed that there was no added MSG in its Maggi pack, but after analysis by the State food laboratory, it has become clear that MSG was present in the tastemaker prompting officials to term it as ‘misbranding’. As a result, the State government has sent notices seeking clarification on the claims of no MSG to the noodles manufacturer. The food laboratory tests on twenty two samples, all were from Telangana, have revealed the presence of MSG, a commonly used flavor enhancer.
“As the MSG was present in the samples of Maggi noodles along with Sunfeast and Knorr soupy noodles, the State government has sent the notices to Nestle India, ITC and HUL seeking clarification,” said Suresh Chanda, Principal Secretary of Telangana Medical and Health Department. “The notices also include the 15 days maximum response time,” Suresh added.
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