Maggi aftermath- now imported food products come under the scanner
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In what can be viewed as clear row over the Maggi lead fiasco, the national food regulator FSSAI handed over to state officials, a blacklist of around 500 products that failed to get their safety standard approvals; found to be containing high levels of heavy metals, caffeine and iron fillings in most cases. The list contains at least 32 products from Tata Starbucks, a cereal from Kellogg’s, poultry products from Venky’s and even a multivitamin from Ranbaxy.
The development comes at the peak hour, after the Swiss Food conglomerate Nestle came under the lens of legal authorities in India, as a result of which Maggi has been recalled across all major metros and cities of India. However, Singapore, which is believed to have the most stringent rules of hygiene, has permitted sale on India-made maggi noodles after a green signal from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore. The laboratory showed the instant noodle to be of edible quality, and at par with local food safety standards of Singapore. These results were uniform for Maggi across other countries as well.
In what can be viewed as clear row over the Maggi lead fiasco, the national food regulator FSSAI handed over to state officials, a blacklist of around 500 products that failed to get their safety standard approvals; found to be containing high levels of heavy metals, caffeine and iron fillings in most cases. The list contains at least 32 products from Tata Starbucks, a cereal from Kellogg’s, poultry products from Venky’s and even a multivitamin from Ranbaxy.
The development comes at the peak hour, after the Swiss Food conglomerate Nestle came under the lens of legal authorities in India, as a result of which Maggi has been recalled across all major metros and cities of India. However, Singapore, which is believed to have the most stringent rules of hygiene, has permitted sale on India-made maggi noodles after a green signal from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore. The laboratory showed the instant noodle to be of edible quality, and at par with local food safety standards of Singapore. These results were uniform for Maggi across other countries as well.
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