Supreme Court has asked Government
laboratory n Mysore to clarify whether the test reports on Maggi Noodles
show lead and monosodium glutamate or MSG within safe limits.
The
court also asked food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of
India or FSSAI to send more samples of Maggi noodles to the Mysore lab.
The samples are being carried out and various other parameters are also
being checked apart from lead content. Justice Deepak Mishra said, "We
have perused the test reports.
We would
like central food technological research institute, Mysore to apprise
this court on two aspects, whether the test report relating to lead and
glutamic acid are within the permissible parameters and to clarify that
those are within parameters prescribed under the Food Safety Act."
It
has to be noted that earlier Maggi was banned due to excess lead
content. But after lots of tests, it was found that Maggi had no lead
and it came back. The sales became high as they had tie up with
e-commerce giant Snapdeal. The ban came in to act in June 2015 and the
ban was revoked by November.