Telangana becomes the latest state to ban Maggi

Even though the test results of Maggi samples will take two weeks to return, Telangana government has already banned Maggi in the state.

Telangana is reportedly the first state to ban Maggi even before the results are out.

On Wednesday, Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM) had collected 22 samples of Maggi from across the state. But they had announced that it would take them atleast two weeks to come up with the results.

The Telangana Health Minister C Laxma Reddy has reportedly said that the ban was just a precautionary measure.

According to reports, the existing stcok will also not be sold. 

After Delhi, four more states -- Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand-- on Thursday banned the sale of Maggi noodles after concerns were raised over presence of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead beyond permissible levels in the product.

The Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand governments banned the sale of Nestle's instant noodles for three months while in Gujarat the ban will be effective for one month after some samples of the food had failed lab tests, officials said in Chennai, Dehradun and Gandhinagar. In Jammu and Kashmir, the state government banned the sale for one month till the receipt of reports over the fitness of the fast food for human consumption.