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Written By: Agencies | Updated : June 15, 2015 10:06 PM IST
Partial relief for Nestle as Maggi noodles samples tested in Bengaluru showed lead and arsenic within permissible limits. This was announced on Wednesday by a Karnataka food safety standards official who also mentioned that there is no clarity on Monosodium Glutamate (MSG). There is no issue about the products (Maggi samples) analysed in the state, said H. Shiva Kumar, joint director, food safety and standards, Karnataka. Read: Goa to destroy 4 tonnes of Maggi products
However, there is confusion over MSG. There is no clarity on Glutamic acid.The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has not instructed us to test for Glutamic acid, added Kumar. Like we have permissible limit of 2.5 parts per million for lead, we don't have a permissible limit for Glutamic acid, so they have not asked us for Glutamic acid, added Kumar.Read: Would you eat Baba Ramdev s healthy Patanjali Maggi ?
As many 26 Maggi samples received from across Karnataka were tested by two laboratories based in Bengaluru. The laboratories are Robust Material Technology Pvt. Ltd. and TUDSUV, a South Asian laboratory with its main branch in Pune.
Source: ANI
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