Yesterday, Haryana's Health Minister Anil Vij taking a serious note of reports of alleged lapses of food safety standards in Maggi noodles, had ordered testing of samples of the food product.
The Health Department officials in Haryana today started lifting samples of Maggi noodles randomly from across the state for laboratory testing amid row over alleged lapses in its food safety standards.
"We have started collecting samples of Maggi noodles from across the State," Haryana's Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Dr D P Lochan said.
He said that necessary directions had been issued to health officials in all the districts to lift the samples of Maggi noodles.
The West Bengal government has sent samples of Maggi noodles too for laboratory testing, state's Consumer Affairs Minister Sadhan Pandey on Wednesday said.
"Consumer Affairs Department has sent samples of Maggi noodles and one or two other products for testing," Pandey said.
The minister said the samples have been sent to industrial testing laboratory National Test House and if necessary, they could be sent to other laboratories as well.
"The reports are expected within a few days. We will show the reports to the chief minister and then initiate action. We want to give a fair deal so that business is not hampered and people's health is also protected," he said.
Yesterday, Haryana's Health Minister Anil Vij taking a serious note of reports of alleged lapses of food safety standards in Maggi noodles, had ordered testing of samples of the food product.
Vij had directed the DGHS to get the samples of Maggi noodles tested from all districts. The DGHS had also been directed to take immediate steps on this issue through Civil Surgeons in all districts.
Vij had also said that if lapses in food safety standards are found after the tests, the state government will take neccessay action and ask for withdrawal of all stocks of Maggi noodles from the state.
Even in Maharashtra has sent 15 samples from Nashik, Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur for testing.
An FDA official stated, "If lead content is positive in the samples that have been collected, the product will be ban the product with same batch numbers. FDA has the power to initiate against celebrities who have endorsed the product if the result is positive."
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