Patna : After Maggi being off the shelves in Bihar, the state government on Saturday banned sale, advertisement and storage of 11 other brands of instant noodles after lab tests found presence of monosodium glutamate in them.
One of the 11 brands also contains lead over permissible limit, Bihar Food Safety Commissioner Anand Kishor said.
Nestle’s ‘Maggi’ noodles has been banned in the state since June 5.
The banned brands include ‘Knorr Mast Masala Soupy Noodles’ manufactured by Hindustan Unilever Limited, ‘Foodles Multigrain’ and ‘Ata Masala Noodles’ by Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Healthcare, ‘Ching’s Manchurian’ and ‘Veg Hakka Noodles’ of Capital Foods Private Limited, reports PTI.
‘Top Ramen Super Noodles’, ‘Top Ramen Curry Noodles’ were also banned along with the ‘Curry Veg Noodles’ manufactured by Indo Nissin Foods Limited and its ‘Cup Noodles Veggie Manchow’, whose tastemaker was found to contain more lead than permitted.
Sunfeast ‘Yipee Noodles Magic Masala’ and ‘Yipee Noodles Classic Masala’ made by ITC Limited Foods Division too have been banned, Kishor said.
ITC chairman Y C Deveshwar had said in Kolkata on Friday that noodles manufactured by the company under the ‘Yippee’ brand are safe and had passed all the tests. “Lab tests conducted in New Delhi of samples of all these noodles have detected presence of MSG in all of them. This is not allowed in dry food products and also involves the issue of misbranding under provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), 2006. We are banning all these products for a month from August 2 to September 1 as of now,” Kishore added.
