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A day after Uttar Pradesh Food and Drug Administration (UP FDA) alleged that pasta made by Nestle India contains higher than permissible levels of lead, the company on Saturday hit back saying like Maggi noodles, its pasta samples were tested in laboratories in Lucknow that are not accredited by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) .
“According to media reports the tests have been conducted at National Foods Analysis Laboratory, Lucknow. The laboratory is not NABL accredited nor is notified by FSSAI. The results of the laboratories which are not accredited cannot be relied upon”, Nestle India said in a statement.
Meanwhile, an UP FDA official said the agency will also move to court against Nestle based on test reports from government’s food testing laboratory in Lucknow, .
Earlier in the year the UP FDA filed cases against Nestle India officials based on tests conducted in laboratories that are not accredited by FSSAI followed by a country-wide ban on Maggi noodles. However, a division bench of the Bombay High Court struck down the ban on the instant noodles since test reports, allegedly showing poor quality of the product, were not conducted in NABL-accredited (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) laboratories. Maggi noodles eventually returned to retail shelves after clearing two sets of tests conducted in NABL-accredited and FSSAI-approved laboratories, as per the high court’s directives.
