Odisha government decided to test all brands of instant noodles being sold across the state after banning Nestle India's Maggi noodles.
Health Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak said, "We have asked the district collectors to check all noodle products available in the state. They have been asked to collect samples from noodle products being manufactured in the state and imported from other states."
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The Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said that the Indian government had taken suo motu cognizance of the matter and ordered checks.
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The collected samples would be sent to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) accredited Central Food Laboratory at Pune for testing.
"Action would be taken against the manufacturers if food safety standards are found violated," said Nayak.
The state took the decision following the advisory of FSSAI to withdraw samples of a variety of instant noodles, pastas and macaroni and their tastemakers for which product approvals have been granted by the regulatory authority.
![Samples of Maggi Noodles Collected Randomly from Across Himachal Pradesh]( "Samples of Maggi Noodles Collected Randomly from Across Himachal Pradesh")
The Himachal Pradesh authorities have also collected samples of Maggi instant noodles from across the state on June 3, 2015, and sent them to a lab for testing.
The Odisha government banned the sale of all Maggi noodle products in the state after finding monosodium glutamate (MSG) content in the products. The Odisha government is also mulling a crackdown on packaged water and milk products in the state after testing the samples.
Meanwhile, several international companies and state-based food processing companies are selling noodle products in the state.
Source: IANS
The state took the decision following the advisory of FSSAI to withdraw samples of a variety of instant noodles, pastas and macaroni and their tastemakers for which product approvals have been granted by the regulatory authority.
Samples of Maggi Noodles Collected Randomly from Across Himachal Pradesh
The Himachal Pradesh authorities have also collected samples of Maggi instant noodles from across the state on June 3, 2015, and sent them to a lab for testing.
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The Odisha government banned the sale of all Maggi noodle products in the state after finding monosodium glutamate (MSG) content in the products. The Odisha government is also mulling a crackdown on packaged water and milk products in the state after testing the samples.
Meanwhile, several international companies and state-based food processing companies are selling noodle products in the state.
Source: IANS
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Nestle officials collected over 4,000 kilo of Maggi Noodles in Goa and promised to destroy it in the presence of officials from the state Food Drugs Authority.
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