Samples of Maggi, YiPPee fail tests
Bharat Khanna
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, July 1
A number of Maggi products of Nestle India and a Maggi (YiPPee noodles) of Sunfeast company have failed the tests conducted by the Food laboratory, Chandigarh.
The samples of Maggi were sent by the Health Department, Bathinda, that took the samples following the controversy over Maggi allegedly containing the MSG (Mono Sodium Glutamate) and high content of lead.
Officials revealed that the reports of samples of Maggi Pasta, Maggi two minutes noodles, Maggi veg atta noodles of Nestle’s and Maggi (YiPPee noodles) of Sunfeast were found misleading and misbranded. The MSG was found in these products whereas the companies have not mentioned anything about it on the labels of these food products.
It’s pertinent to note that on June 4 this year, officials of the health department had inspected shopping malls and shops that keep food products and had collected the samples. Similarly, two samples of snacks and one sample of vanaspati, one sample of vegetable oil, one of garam masala were taken.
Besides, samples of Lipton ice tea, orange syrup, lemon scash, and mustard oil were also collected for testing for which results are awaited.
Food inspector Amritpal Singh said, “The MSG was found in the products whereas the companies had not mention about the same on their labels. We had earlier, too, collected the samples of carbonated water (lemon rake) and found it unsafe for drinking with high presence of sodium rand that crossed 10 per cent than the permissible level. A sample of flake (sweetened carbonated water) collected from Lal Singh Basti was found mis-branded with the absence of any nutrition value information on its label.”
It’s worth mentioning that a number of states, including Punjab, have banned the product Maggi after it failed tests for two years. It was on on May 29 that the Central government had asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to look into the matter.
