THOUBAL, June 19: The District Food Safety Wing, Designated Food Safety Officer, Dr. N. Jayentakumar has announced that `Maggie noodle`™ and `Nan-Pro 3 Milk`™ by Nestle has been temporarily banned in Thoubal district following reports of the presence of high level of Monosodium Glutamate and lead in the food products.
During a press meeting at his office, Dr. Jayentakumar said that according to an order by the Health Commissioner of the State issued on June 3, Food Safety Officer of Thoubal also collected sample of the two food products from shops at Kakching, Wangjing and Thoubal Bazar sent them to State Food Safety laboratory for testing.
Moreover, order has been given to agents and sub-agents not to sell the food products till the test result arrived.
However, while waiting for the result of the test, if the said items were found to be sold, no order for arrest has been given so far, said Jayentakumar.
Meanwhile, drive will soon be conducted on all food items without proper labels imported from Myanmar by District Food Safety Wing.
The press meet attended by Food Safety Officer of Food Safety Wing, Thoubal, N. Devendra has said that sample of Maggie noodles and Nan-Pro 3 were collected as much as possible immediately after order was sent by the State Health Commissioner on June 3 by his team.
He further said that some wholesalers were found to return the Nestle products according to the announcement made by the company.