Even as the Global CEO of Nestle, Paul Bulcke has assured that the company does not put MSG in their products, Telangana has become the sixth Indian state to ban the sale of Maggi noodles.
"This controversy has led to consumers losing trust in us. We do not put MSG in our products," Bulcke told media here, while at the same time deciding to pull its product off market shelves.
So far, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand have prohibited the sale of Maggi noodles, after it came under mounting scrutiny of containing monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead beyond permissible levels.
The Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand governments have banned the sale of the product for three months, while in Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir, the ban will be effective for one month. The four states also ordered Nestle India to immediately withdraw all stocks.
Meanwhile, Delhi has banned the product for 15 days.
The row over the safety of Maggi noodles has gone global with Singapore banning the instant noodles on the direction of its Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority.
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Reports suggest UK is also checking the product to see if packs sold in UK have high levels of lead as found in that in India.
Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday had said that the government has decided to file a complaint regarding Maggi issue with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) to further investigate the matter as the FSSAI reports might take some time to come.