In fresh troubles for Nestle over safety standards of its famous Maggi noodles brand, the Uttarakhand Food Safety Department has collected samples of the ‘two-minute’ noodles from the company’s Pantnagar plant and other places in the State.
The company is already facing problems in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, where the Food Safety and Drug Administration had found higher than permitted levels of monosodium glutamate and lead in Maggi samples tested by it.
“A team comprising state Food Safety Department officials visited the Nestle’s plant at Pantnagar and collected the eight samples of Maggi noodles, which were sent to the State Government laboratories,” Pankaj Kumar Pandey, District Magistrate of Udham Singh Nagar, told reporters here.